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Alzheimer's unlocked: New keys to a cure Movie Camera

FEATURE:  11:26 29 July 2010  | 2 comments

Attempts to treat the world's most common form of dementia may have been attacking its symptoms, not its root cause

Aurora mission makes detour to moon

05:07 29 July 2010

Two satellites that were doomed to die if they remained in orbit around Earth are heading to the moon for a life extension

Did planet hunter leak data about other Earths?

23:21 28 July 2010

An online talk by a member of NASA's Kepler mission fuels speculation that the telescope has found Earth-like planets

Fall of Berlin Wall was a hot moment for conservation

18:15 28 July 2010

As East and West Germany became one, a government ecologist got huge areas of land protected – such "hot moments" are key for maximising conservation

Today on New Scientist: 28 July 2010

18:00 28 July 2010

All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: force fields to protect astronauts, lizards that squirt tears of blood and a crowd sourced tattoo

Morph-osaurs: How shape-shifting dinosaurs deceived us

THIS WEEK:  18:00 28 July 2010  | 4 comments

Some dinosaurs' skulls changed so much as they matured that we've mistaken young and old for completely different species

Climategate scientist breaks his silence

THIS WEEK:  18:00 28 July 2010  | 2 comments

With inquiries into the affair now complete, Phil Jones reflects on his bruising experiences at the centre of the storm

Did emotions evolve to push others into cooperation?

16:35 28 July 2010

The emotions you feel have evolved as tools to manipulate others into cooperating with you, says a controversial new theory

Genome Nobelist: The hard numbers of population growth

INTERVIEW:  14:01 28 July 2010  | 12 comments

John Sulston is leading a study into the future and sustainability of global human population

Experiments in body art: Crowdsourcing a tattoo

13:00 28 July 2010

A crowdsourced tattoo could have been a brave art experiment – but did contradictory priorities make this project wide of the mark, asks Kat Austen

Apple, trackpads, and the long death of the mouse

12:50 28 July 2010

The death of the computer mouse must rank as one of the slowest in history. Could Apple's latest offering provide the killer blow?

Zoologger: Horror lizard squirts tears of blood

12:12 28 July 2010

If ever there was an animal that said "Don't even think about eating me," it would be the blood-spraying Texas horned lizard

Another Gulf oil leak hits Louisiana waters

11:29 28 July 2010

Another oil leak hit Louisiana's coastal waters yesterday when a barge hit a shallow well – are such accidents surprisingly common, asks Sujata Gupta

Shields up! Force fields could protect Mars missions Movie Camera

FEATURE:  10:35 28 July 2010  | 6 comments

Interplanetary adventurers must contend with deadly solar radiation – but the moon's magnetic memories may hold the key to safe space flight

Time to go atomic on space station

UPFRONT:  19:00 27 July 2010

The most accurate clock ever sent to space will soon be hosted by the International Space Station – it could help to reveal changes in nature's fundamental constants

Smart glass helps pioneering solar sail to steer

UPFRONT:  18:03 27 July 2010  | 1 comment

Japan's IKAROS spacecraft has used liquid-crystal layers to steer using only the pressure of sunlight – a first for solar sails

Today on New Scientist: 27 July 2010

18:00 27 July 2010

All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: aircon that doesn't warm the planet, the hidden secrets of biodiesel and the mathematics of rowing

Climategate data sets to be made public

UPFRONT:  17:59 27 July 2010

Researchers at the centre of the climategate controversy plan to release three major temperature data sets and details of how they are processed

Biodiesel from algae may not be as green as it seems

NEWS:  17:24 27 July 2010  | 2 comments

The search is on for better ways of growing algae for fuel – current methods use more carbon emissions than the biofuel saves

How Wikileaks became a whistleblowers' haven

16:32 27 July 2010  | 1 comment

The release of tens of thousands of secret documents about the war in Afghanistan relied on a network of servers that cover a leaker's online tracks

Mapping the mountain of human DNA

16:20 27 July 2010

Veteran science writer Victor McElheny recounts the fascinating story of how our genome came to be mapped in Drawing the Map of Life

Not-so-secret seven hold keys to the internet

15:30 27 July 2010

In times of crisis, systems that power the web must be rebooted - a responsibility that now rests with seven key holders scattered around the world

Laughter's secrets: Faking it – the results Audio Speaker

14:03 27 July 2010

Can a computer produce a realistic laugh? We asked you to judge – and here is your verdict

Anti-vaccination website poses public health risk

14:02 27 July 2010  | 1 comment

Australian public health watchdog says campaigners' claims about vaccines are misleading, inaccurate and may be dangerous to public health

Master stroke: A formula for record-breaking rowing? Movie Camera

FEATURE:  13:30 27 July 2010

There are many ways to row a boat, but it took a physicist to figure out which should work best

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VIDEO

Early stages of crater birth captured on camera

By firing a gun into the sand, we can see the moment of crater formation when debris is flung fastest and farthest

TECHNOLOGY

Drone alone: how airliners may lose their pilots

Still comfortable flying? (Image: Alisdair Macdonald/Rex Features)

Uncrewed planes that can operate in civilian airspace are almost here – a first step on the road to pilotless airliners

SHORT SHARP SCIENCE BLOG

Aurora mission makes detour to moon

05:07 29 July 2010 - updated 05:10 29 July 2010

Two satellites that were doomed to die if they remained in orbit around Earth are heading to the moon for a life extension

Did planet hunter leak data about other Earths?

23:21 28 July 2010 - updated 00:05 29 July 2010

An online talk by a member of NASA's Kepler mission fuels speculation that the telescope has found Earth-like planets

Today on New Scientist: 28 July 2010

18:00 28 July 2010 - updated 18:02 28 July 2010

All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: force fields to protect astronauts, lizards that squirt tears of blood and a crowd sourced tattoo

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Green machine: Tackling the plastic menace

Durable isn't always better with plastic (Image: Franz Aberham/Getty)

Novel methods for recycling mixed plastics with self-destruct capabilities could help reduce the growing mountains of harmful waste

THE S WORD

Don't burn the seed corn of the future

14:25 16 July 2010 - updated 14:25 16 July 2010

British science is facing a funding cut of up to 25 per cent, and the Royal Society warns that it will cause key parts of the research system to unravel

Why the UK government should not cut charity research

12:20 15 July 2010

Funding for research that comes from charities is extremely important – but is its future certain, asks Sarah Woolnough

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Bid to introduce commercial whaling quotas fails

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A proposal to allow quotas instead of the current system that allows whaling for "scientific purposes" has collapsed

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