Monday, December 17, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 17 December 2012

What leaked IPCC report really says on climate change

Last week's leak of an early draft of a major report on climate change gives us an insight into what we can expect when the final version is published in nine months' time

Multidimensional black holes get electric when flexed

In six dimensions a black hole may behave like a piezoelectric material, a finding that may help model primordial matter called quark-gluon plasma

NASA mission to end with twin moon smashes

Having made the most detailed survey of lunar gravity yet, the Ebb and Flow craft will crash into the moon today to reveal details of its thin atmosphere

Megacity China: the ultimate in urban migration

You would be forgiven for thinking that this "spreading pancake" of a city is the dream-limbo city featured in the movie Inception

Gut instincts: The secrets of your second brain

When it comes to your moods, decisions and behaviour, the brain in your head is not the only one doing the thinking

Nile-like river roves across Saturn's moon Titan

A 400-kilometre river of liquid hydrocarbons may trace a fault line, hinting at ongoing geological activity on the frigid moon

Best videos of 2012: Gravity-defying roof illusion

Watch a mind-boggling house trick your brain, at number 10 in our countdown of the best videos of the year

Even the tiniest stroke can damage the brain

Blocking single blood vessels in the brain can cause widespread tissue damage and impair cognitive function

Zombie horror infests the Large Hadron Collider

When radiation from the world's most powerful particle accelerator turns hapless scientists into the living dead, the result is an impressive debut horror flick

How human biology can prevent drug deaths

Thousands of people die from adverse effects of medicines that have been tested on animals. There is a better way, say Kathy Archibald and Robert Coleman

Zebrafish made to grow pre-hands instead of fins

Fossils show that limbs evolved from fins, but new research shows how it may have happened, live in the lab

CERN becomes first pure physics voice in UN chorus

If CERN observes the proceedings of the United Nations, will it change the outcome?

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