Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 13 August 2012

Discover the beauty of extreme Venn diagrams

Pushing an iconic branch of mathematics to its limit reveals just how varied - and beautiful - Venn diagrams can be

Synthetic 'upgrade' for fruit fly's DNA

The genetic code of the fruit fly has been tweaked to make "unnatural" proteins - the advance could lead to the creation of improved life forms

Flying off a Shetland cliff in search of offal

A seabird success story, fulmars breed in huge numbers in the UK - a smorgasbord of fish remains may be behind the boom

Stephen Hawking: man, icon and myth

The most famous living scientist is portrayed as an archetypal lone genius. Could this be harming science, asks H?l?ne Mialet in Hawking Incorporated

US hybrid military airship makes first flight

After years of development, the US army's giant new reconnaissance airship flew for 90 minutes last week

Olympic blade runner challenges our view of humanity

The achievements of amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius represents a deep shift in our ideas about what it means to be disabled - or human, says Anders Sandberg

The algorithm that runs the world

Its services are called upon thousands of times a second to ensure the world's business runs smoothly - but are its mathematics as dependable as we thought?

Changeable climate makes frogs vulnerable to disease

A more variable climate will give infectious diseases the advantage over their amphibian victims, speeding up the frogs' decline

Salmon sex delayed by global warming

Fishing records from Norwegian anglers show that salmon are staying out at sea for two or more winters instead of one, before migrating upriver to mate

Robins outdo other animals in judging meal size

North Island robins can quickly distinguish between two similar numbers of mealworms and choose the slightly bigger pile

US nuke plant delay fails to solve storage conundrum

No new plants can be constructed, or licenses renewed, until waste storage is addressed - but available solutions are thin on the ground

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