Thursday, April 11, 2013

Today on New Scientist: 10 April 2013

Baby dinos pumped their muscles inside the egg

A rare clutch of fossil dinosaur embryos reveals how sauropods grew so fast

Saturn's rings leave ghostly imprint on atmosphere

The iconic rings produce charged particles that rain down on the planet's atmosphere, where they carve out an imprint

Transparent brains make neuroscience clearer

A technique that turns organs transparent could let us peer inside the mind more easily

Cost of cuts: Austerity's toxic genetic legacy

Psychological stress brought on by the economic crisis may trigger genes that threaten the long-term health of future generations

China bird flu may be two mutations from a pandemic

The virus infecting humans in the bird flu outbreak in China already has some of the mutations that can allow flu to spread readily between people

Last desert nomads defy a raging sandstorm

Playing in a Gobi desert sandstorm, these children follow an ancient nomadic lifestyle that is now up against the interests of international mining companies

Brain imaging spots our abstract choices before we do

Scans can spot activity linked with an abstract decision before someone is aware of having decided - so could decisions be reversed before they happen?

OMG - it's the textual revolution for language

Digital technology is fuelling a linguistic revolution in which even simple expressions like LOL mask sophisticated layers of meaning, argues Tom Chatfield

Republican voters want action on climate change

Just 35 per cent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents support the party's stance on climate change, according to a new poll

Why tweets from the over-30s are no measure of age

Your tweets are not a very good measure of your age, especially if you're thirtysomething-plus, according to a Dutch study

US women can get morning-after pill over the counter

Emergency contraception could be available in the US without prescription within a month - and the first morning-sickness drug for 30 years wins approval

Female great whites reveal long-range mating secrets

For the first time, the femmes fatales of the ocean have been tracked over the whole of their two-year migratory cycle

Bet you're a Liam - software puts names to faces

It is sometimes possible to divine someone's name with just one look at their face. New Scientist tests a new system that can beat human guesswork

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