Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 4 April 2012

Why you might sound like a Smurf on Venus

Listen to simulations that are revealing the sounds of other planets for the first time

Robosquirrel vs rattlesnake in head-to-head battle

The unlikely encounter is part of a project to see what happens when the two animals confront one another in the wild

Antibiotics are wonder drugs no more

The side effects of antibiotics may make the war on hostile bacteria trickier to wage than ever

Computer screens that shrug or laugh when you do

Computer monitors that jiggle and move in response to on-screen movements might make it easier to relate to people who work in distant offices

Stripping CO2 from air requires largest industry ever

Geoengineering schemes to remove CO2 from the atmosphere would involve creating an industry 1000 times larger than any seen before

US army orders drug review after Afghan massacre

Just three days after a US soldier killed 16 Afghan civilians, the US army expedited a review of an antimalarial drug that can cause psychiatric side effects

Social media web snares 'criminals'

MIT researchers used an Android app to catch "thieves" in a challenge that aims to help US federal agencies track real criminals

The likelihood of waking up dead

Dick Teresi explores how death can be misdiagnosed. Plus: climate change through the millennia and getting to better know Erwin Schr?dinger

Sleeper cells: How to fight bacteria that play dead

Our strongest antibiotics are being thwarted by microbes that can lie dormant, only to reawaken once the threat has passed

Crowdfunding successes show value of small donations

A proposed change in US legislation would allow everyone to invest in start-ups

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