Saturday, December 3, 2011

Today on New Scientist: 30 November 2011

Muscle-based gene therapy beats HIV

By bypassing the immune system altogether and turning muscles into antibody factories, mice are made invulnerable to HIV

Astrophile: Did comet killing spark Christmas light show?

A grisly end for an errant comet may have prompted one of the biggest gamma-ray bursts of all time on 25 December 2010

Inside the race to crack the world's hardest puzzle

Five shredded documents must be pieced together to solve DARPA's latest fiendish challenge?- all in the name of national security

All-seeing ball snaps panoramas in mid-air

Watch a new ball-shaped camera capture stunning images mid-flight when tossed upwards

Hands-on forensics to solve a murder mystery

Could an event which treats its audience as trainee crime science officers dispel the glamour of CSI? CultureLab investigates

NASA confiscates web-auctioned rocket engine

The 1960s RL-10 engine was put up for sale on an internet auction site, highlighting security concerns at the space agency

Asteroid touchdown: mission to a mini-world

Landing on an asteroid is our biggest space challenge yet, but the rewards could be huge, says Stephen Battersby

Popular science books to put on your Christmas list

Drawing from the CultureLab library, we pick the most desirable of this year's popular science titles

Online sex advertising crackdown could endanger women

Escort sites are being shut down, but how will this affect the sex industry?

Consciousness is a matter of constraint

Terrence W. Deacon's new theory of consciousness depends as much on what isn't there as on what is - and could even help us understand our early origins

Turtle eggs communicate to hatch together

Turtle eggs in cool parts of the nest should develop more slowly than the rest - but they seem to take cues from warmer eggs to speed up development

New Zealand's invasive ants mysteriously vanish

The Argentine ant invaded New Zealand 20 years ago - but is now disappearing without any human intervention

Dark matter particles may be heavyweights after all

Previous studies had hinted at a particle weighing less than 20 times as much as a proton, but new observations may tip the scales in favour of a heavier candidate

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