Thursday, November 15, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 14 November 2012

Link between global warming and drought questioned

Climate predictions of intensifying drought are based on an oversimplified picture, a new analysis finds

Cannabis legalisation launches living laboratory

The new laws in Colorado and Washington should provide a testing ground for health effects and for how people behave when drug laws are relaxed

Hovering moon base may be on NASA's horizon

Rumours that the space agency wants to park a spaceport in orbit near the moon carry a ring of truth, space policy experts say

Ansel Adams: Capturing wilderness on camera

A new retrospective of Ansel Adams's wilderness photographs shows how this lifelong environmentalist used his skills to capture more than nature

Higgs boson continues to be maddeningly well-behaved

The first update since the particle's discovery in July shows it behaving exactly as predicted - giving no clues about how to explain things like dark matter

Zoologger: The leggiest animal in the world

Illacme plenipes almost merits the name "millipede", with its 750 legs - and it can squeeze silk out of the hairs on its back

Mining MRSA genetic code halts superbug outbreak

Whole genome sequencing of an MRSA outbreak has identified the person who unwittingly spread the bacteria around a hospital, stopping further infection

Exploding bubbles create violent liquid sculptures

Watch the first detailed video capturing jets of air inside bubbles as they produce dramatic splashes

Calls for Roche to release patient data on Tamiflu

Campaigners linked to the Nordic Cochrane Centre have called on European governments to sue the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche

Russia in crackdown on popular file-sharing websites

The Russian government blocked traffic to a file-sharing site and an online library, citing a new law that many fear could curtail internet freedom

Is telepresence the next big thing?

Telepresence may soon give us all a physical presence in a remote location. Expect the unexpected

Telepresence today: How you can live by remote control

Telepresence is changing how we interact with one another, from the military to schools - see how in our gallery

Oxytocin changes partnered men's behaviour

A quick sniff of oxytocin causes men who have a female partner to put more space between themselves and other women

The reality and the fantasy of 'palaeo-porn'

Were ancient feminine figurines pornographic? April Nowell and Melanie Chang present the evidence - and the arguments

Orbiting moon gives chilling clue to black hole heat

A small partner circling a black hole would make the hole wobble and reduce its temperature

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