Thursday, March 22, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 21 March 2012

Should athletes be screened for heart problems?

Fabrice Muamba's collapse has prompted calls for the UK to copy Italy's screening programme, which has cut sudden cardiac deaths in athletes by 89 per cent

Chimp prodigy shows signs of human-like intelligence

Can animal geniuses help us define the nature of intelligence, or are they a distraction?

First map of most violent world in the solar system

The most volcanically active world in our neighbourhood has been charted in full

Visualising the hidden worlds of physics

CERN's first digital artist in residence tells New Scientist about a crash course in particle physics, being out of his depth in maths and unseen worlds

More evidence that daily aspirin dose cuts cancer risk

A series of papers published in recent months suggest that aspirin is an effective anti-cancer drug

Facebook's effects in a world of political turmoil

It has the power of a nation state, but is Facebook living up to its moral responsibilities, asks former CNN bureau chief Rebecca MacKinnon

Damage to oceans will cost $2 trillion

A global temperature rise of 4?C by 2100 will have a huge impact on fisheries, tourism and atmospheric carbon dioxide

China's monopoly on rare earths may soon be broken

As China's export quotas face legal action, companies prepare to mine for rare earths outside of the country once again

Challenges for first science museum in the Philippines

Creating a haven for science is no simple feat in the Philippines, a country where evolution and fossils are controversial topics

The God issue: We are all born believers

Our minds solve fundamental problems in a way that leaves a god-shaped space just waiting to be filled by religion, explains Justin L. Barrett

Robot jellyfish sucks up power from the water

Robojelly is powered by chemical reactions between its platinum surface and hydrogen in the surrounding water

First Madagascar settlers may have been Indonesian

Although Madagascar lies just 400 kilometres from Africa, DNA evidence suggests its first settlers were a small group of Indonesians

Stars put up safety barriers for planets

Hot radiation from young stars could explain why planets revolve at certain distances

Superfast laser camera peers around corners

With a shutter speed of two trillionths of a second, a camera developed at MIT bounces laser beams off of walls and peers around corners

What to call the particle formerly known as Higgs

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet but, for this famous particle, a naming discussion hints at a complex past and trouble ahead

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