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2 April 2005

Issue 2493

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Life

Histories: King of the duck-billed dinosaurs

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Life

Bugs blamed for worldwide art attacks

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Technology

Metallic glass: A drop of the hard stuff

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Health

Sepsis: The monster within

Features
Catching the cosmic wind

Space

Catching the cosmic wind

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Physics

Clash of the quantum clouds measured for first time

FOR the first time, physicists have measured interactions between two exotic clouds of atoms known as Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) without completely destroying the clouds. BECs form when a gas is chilled to a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero. The atoms in the gas settle into a single quantum state and behave as …

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Life

Walking octopus is master of disguise

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Technology

TV viewing habits can identify individuals

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Life

Real diamonds for the mistress...

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Life

Senses cross-wiring conjures colours

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Earth

Planet in peril: What can be done to put it right?

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Earth

Planet in peril: Highlighting the value of nature's services

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Life

Rabies cases spark emergency action

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Soundbites

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Health

Laser spots cancer before it grows

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Health

Body rhythms set a dangerous beat

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Physics

The drop of water that fails to splash

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Health

Human-cat chimera may put brake on allergy

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Health

Non-invasive technique helps monitor gene therapy

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Physics

Exotic black holes reveal law for liquids

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Life

Getting blood out of a dinosaur

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Health

Human blood cells coaxed to produce insulin

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Life

Non-approved GM maize sold in US

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Life

Sex selection for human embryos backed by report

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Life

Louse-ridden farms infect wild fish

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Health

Killer haemorrhagic disease strikes Angola

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Life

Latest 'golden rice' gets go-ahead for trials

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Technology

Microsoft competitors vulnerable to attack

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60 Seconds

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Earth

Planet in peril: Humans push natural systems to the brink

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Earth

Planet in peril: Civilisation's litany of destruction

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Earth

Planet in peril: Fix the Earth to fight poverty

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Earth

More quakes to come in south-east Asia

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Technology

Membraneless fuel cell created

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Technology

Camera zoom operated by eyelid movement

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Technology

RFID tags made to store product jingles

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Technology

Building nanomachines out of living bacteria

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Technology

Invention

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Technology

Electronic patent databases invent difficulties

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Life

Electronic tags for eggs, sperm and embryos

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Technology

Software agents give out PR advice

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Opinion

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Earth

Editorial: Save humanity by saving ecosystems

IF YOU were ever in any doubt that biodiversity matters, take a look at the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), a mammoth $24 million multi-agency report published this week. It is a hard-nosed effort that hardly mentions the notion that biodiversity is good for its own sake. It focuses instead on the importance of ecosystems to …

Opinion

Earth

Editorial: No tsunami this time

Opinion

Humans

Westminster diary

Opinion

Physics

Interview: My life with Einstein

Opinion

Trouble with antimatter

Opinion

Features

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Life

Histories: King of the duck-billed dinosaurs

At the crack of dawn, Franz Nopcsa mounted his horse and setoffforShkodra, one of the most ancient towns in Albania. It was1903 and the young aristocrat from Transylvania had just finished his PhD, a meticulous study of dinosaur remains dug up on his family estate. Now he was exploring a place he had dreamed about …

Features

Life

Bugs blamed for worldwide art attacks

Features

Technology

Metallic glass: A drop of the hard stuff

Features

Health

Sepsis: The monster within

Features

Space

Catching the cosmic wind

Features

More

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Out now in paperback: Shelly

Paul Chambers's A Sheltered Life: The unexpected history of the giant tortoise (John Murray, £8.99) will probably prove to be an elegy. Sadly, the giant tortoises mostly disappeared 2 million years ago, surviving only as small populations on the Galapagos and other islands, and are unlikely to last much longer. Very readable and full of …

Books & Arts

Out now in paperback: Infinity

Books & Arts

Life

The New Amateur Naturalist by Nick Baker

Books & Arts

Out now in paperback: Brainiac

Books & Arts

Weapons Grade by David Hambling

Books & Arts

Earth

NorthSouthEastWest edited by Paul Brown

Books & Arts

Physics

Empire of the stars by Arthur Miller

Books & Arts

The March of Unreason: Science, democracy and the new fundamentalism by Dick Taverne

Books & Arts

Earth

The Ice Museum: In search of the lost land of Thule by Joanna Kavenna

Books & Arts

Health

Poison Arrows by Stanley Feldman

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

Love your computer QUICK, tell the IT department! From now on, their job is going to be so much easier. In her book The Power is Within You , Louise Hay proposes a novel way to solve computer problems: "I remember a time when we were having many problems with our computer system, and every …

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