Friday, November 23, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 21 November 2012

Extreme recycling turns poo into food

Using maggots to turn poo into protein could offer a whole new source of food for farm animals

Genes show how your lifestyle affects your health

The effects of drinking while pregnant, how diet influences disease risk - a genetic method could answer how nature interacts with nurture

Astrophile: How a faraway dwarf world lost its cloak

Makemake is not much smaller than Pluto but is probably a lot less dense, so the icy body couldn't hold on to its atmosphere

Glowing Vulcan ears reveal brain's lost neurons

Neon-bright images of a mouse's brain show what happens when a missing gene makes neurons lose their way

We are leaving emissions cuts too late

Existing government pledges are not enough to stop dangerous climate change - in fact they are falling further short than ever

Private moon mission rumour is glimpse of lunar future

Ex-NASA astronauts and engineers may be planning to fly people to the moon, but in any case the moon ought to be open for business soon

Half-life strife: Seasons change in the atom's heart

Nothing is supposed to speed up or slow down radioactive decay. So how come the sun seems to be messing with some of our elements? Stuart Clark investigates

BP hit by largest criminal fine in US history

The company says it will "vigorously defend itself" against the civil claims, which could amount to $21 billion

Mars is safe from radiation - but the trip there isn't

The Curiosity rover suggests radiation levels on the Red Planet are the same as those astronauts face in low Earth orbit, but the journey there is risky

Methane leaks suggest fracking benefits exaggerated

High levels of methane over a large area of Australia's Tara gas field suggests the fracking process may cause gas to leak from the ground

Extinct birds come alive in a cartoonist's imagination

In the beautifully illustrated Extinct Boids, cartoonist Ralph Steadman and film-maker Ceri Levy reimagine birds of the past, both real and fanciful

Misguided medicine, from bloodletting to radium

Some medical practices of the past were not exactly evidence-based

Iron Dome rocket smasher set to change Gaza conflict

Israeli civilians may have a new hero, but the success of Israel's Iron Dome missile interceptor might have unfortunate consequences

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