Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 28 August 2012

Mars rover beams back eerie human voice - and postcard

As well as broadcasting the first human voice from an alien planet, Curiosity has sent back stunningly detailed images of its destination, Mount Sharp

First mating humpback whale image wins photo prize

Jason Edwards has won the New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography for a second year with an image of mating humpback whales

Cyborg tissue is half living cells, half electronics

Lab-grown heart cells, neurons and blood vessels snaked through with nanowires are blurring the boundary between electronics and biology

Twitter as you've never tasted it before

Infographics can be so boring! Find out how you can drink and hear tweets instead of just reading them

Infrared video captures bees cooking wasp invader

Watch how a bee colony uses heat to suffocate intruders that threaten a hive

Biotech is thrusting us into new political territory

Stem cells, embryo research and synthetic biology are just a few of the issues that will force strange new political alliances, says Jonathan D. Moreno

Boo! Robots learn to jump like frightened mammals

A biologically inspired system gives robots the equivalent of the mammalian amygdala, a part of the brain that responds quickly to threats

Rooted in experience: The sensory world of plants

There are vegetable versions of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch - and they're remarkably similar to our own

New Orleans braces for storm on Katrina anniversary

A category 2 hurricane is expected to hit the city on 29 August, seven years to the day after its devastation by Katrina

Neil Armstrong: First moonwalker and cool-headed nerd

A self-described nerdy engineer, the first human on the moon was also an unflappable problem-solver who survived a string of near-disasters

Ad-busting apps help voters see through political noise

Two new smartphone apps recognise political ads on TV or radio and then identify the groups behind them

Teenage cannabis use leads to cognitive decline

Getting stoned before the age of 18 contributes to lower IQ and persistent memory problems in middle age

Artificial intelligence fights notorious crop pest

A software-based monitoring system could keep the oriental fruit fly in check, saving farmers billions of dollars

Space cubed: Dawn of the nano-sats

Can't afford a Curiosity? Fleets of tiny, cube-shaped spacecraft modules could provide a cheaper ticket to explore the cosmos

Sleep your way to greater knowledge

The brain doesn't just consolidate memories while we slumber, it can learn about smells too

Almost toothless rodent survives on soft prey

Newly discovered rodent does without molars by eating earthworms

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