Friday, January 25, 2013

Today on New Scientist: 23 January 2013

Powerful prose stored in error-free DNA

It is one of the most iconic speeches of all time, and now Martin Luther King's speech has been immortalised in a very unusual way: in DNA

Why it takes a dog to wolf down a cake

Dogs love a bone, but a taste for starch may have helped tame their wolf-like ancestors at the dawn of the agricultural age

A shot at the truth about gun violence

The best ways to prevent gun-related crime have never been properly investigated. It is time for the scientific evidence to trump ideology

Touch-sensitive video-screen floor is in step with you

A prototype floor that senses your every step and displays interactive video could one day bring strange sights and new possibilities into your home

Pure colour mixing gets laser power

Three coloured jets of liquid mix to form white. But all the liquid is clear - how come?

Universe hopping wins Quantum Shorts film competition

A film depicting travel within a multiverse wins our Quantum Shorts film competition

Can we really 'cure' autism?

Some claim that new research shows people can grow out of autism, but it is more likely they simply cope better with it over time

See ya, latex: Reinventing the condom

Unchanged for 150 years, the humble rubber is about to get a serious makeover

Canada's new banknotes show wrong maple leaf

Instead of the iconic sugar maple leaf, Canada's $20, $50 and $100 bills feature a leaf of the highly invasive Norway maple, a native of Europe

Space-miners to crush asteroids and 3D print satellites

Once a wacky idea, commercial asteroid exploration has become a race, with the launch of a second company focused on mining near-Earth space rocks

Accidental physics: Why mass has a split personality

Watch an animation that explains why the concept of mass is two-faced, causing a conundrum in physics

David Attenborough: We're suffocating ourselves

Launching a new TV series at age 87, veteran broadcaster David Attenborough explains why the natural world never ceases to intrigue

MIT website hacked in tribute to Aaron Swartz

The MIT home page was replaced with a message paying tribute to the internet activist, who committed suicide earlier this month

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