Thursday, December 6, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 6 December 2012

Deep inside a mouse's ear, a swirling galaxy of cells

The winner of the GenArt 2012 image competition reveals the power of deep genetic sequencing to understand deafness

Kyoto protocol gets a second lease of life

Just weeks before it is due to expire, the world's only binding climate agreement appears to have been saved - sort of

Zoologger: The toughest eggs in the world

The eggs of the tiny seed shrimp Eucypris virens are truly stalwart, happily enduring sub-zero temperatures, UV radiation and oxygen deprivation

Browser hacks enable free cloud computing

Cloud computing resources can be hijacked by exploiting loopholes in browsers

Tragic tears: Why we are the only animals that cry

In Why Humans Like to Cry, Michael Trimble argues that tears of sadness provide a type of joy, that may have co-evolved with tragedy

The UK's new dash for gas is a dangerous gamble

The British government's new emphasis on gas power and fracking puts the climate and consumers at risk, argues an environmental policy researcher

Your next boss could be a computer

Software that delegates tricky problems to human workers is changing the nature of crowdsourcing

Sat-Map: Explore the lights of the world from space

See humanity's global footprint in our night-time glow seen from orbit - from the dark realm of North Korea to oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

2012 Flash Fiction Shortlist: Too Good to be True

From scores of entries into this year's flash fiction competition, here is the fantastic shortlist. Story four of five: Too Good to be True by Jouni Sarkijarvi

Celebrities turn to encryption to keep phones private

Smartphone encryption tools will make it easier to keep your calls private

Chemical key to cell division revealed

The discovery that lipids are vital for an important stage of cell division could offer new ways to treat cancer and rare genetic disorders

Gay 'conversion therapy' enters the courtroom

A widely condemned therapy which aims to help gay men change their sexuality is under legal scrutiny in a US trial

NASA's next Mars rover to launch in 2020

Rock storage and a zoomable 3D camera are some of the possible updates to a rover based on Curiosity's design

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