Friday, January 6, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 4 January 2012

Eunuch spiders still have balls

Male Malabar spiders that lose their reproductive organs in mating tend to become better fighters - perhaps to guard their genital investment

Doubts over virus that can hunt down cyberattacks

A search-and-destroy virus that seeks out and neutralises cyberattacking computers has aroused a measure of scepticism in security circles

Faster-than-light neutrinos dealt another blow

Unless there is exotic new physics, it seems the speedy neutrinos can only exist if they flout the fundamental tenet of energy conservation

Stealth tactics of bacteria revealed

Gene sequencing has revealed the specific mutations that occur over time to enable bacteria to resist antibiotics

Physics in a Minute: The twin paradox

See how one twin slows the hands of time thanks to special relativity and a space trip close to the speed of light

A scorpion's body serves as a basic eye

The waxy cuticle of a scorpion acts as a sensor that can detect ultraviolet light

Antarctic hydrothermal vents like no other on Earth

Hydrothermal vents deep in Antarctic waters lack many of the animals typical of vent communities elsewhere on Earth

Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality

Playing Angry Birds or Mario Kart can warp your perception of what's real and what's virtual - and that might be just what you need, as Sally Adee found out

Spot of Culture: John Beddington loves...

UK chief scientific adviser John Beddington first began visiting his beloved spot many decades ago

Parasitic fly could account for disappearing honeybees

Beehives affected by colony collapse disorder can lose most of their bees overnight. Could a parasitic fly be responsible?

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