Friday, August 31, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 29 August 2012

Can we deter athletes who self-harm to win?

The Paralympics may encourage a debate on a dangerous practice - and potential ways to prevent it

Arctic melt, smash and grab ahead

Humanity's rapacious reaction to the Arctic ice minimum is depressingly predictable

Arctic ice low heralds end of 3-million-year cover

The consequences of what is arguably the greatest environmental change in human history will extend far beyond the North Pole

Astrophile: Two planets with two suns up odds for life

The first system with two planets circling binary stars includes a world in the habitable zone, which may host a liveable moon like Endor in Star Wars

Encourage everyday exercise, not sporting elites

The Olympics are all very well, but it takes more than publicity to get spectators out of their seats

Turing machine gives order to chaotic Penrose universe

A theoretical computer has booted up for the first time in a constantly shifting mathematical playing field based on Penrose tiles

How cool water eased hurricane Isaac's rage

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana last night but a period spent over cooler water means it will not match the violence of Katrina seven years ago

Familiar music could help people with brain damage

Listening to a favourite song might boost the brain's ability to respond to other stimuli in people with disorders of consciousness

A year on the ISS: Good for tourists - and science

A proposal to double the lengths of astronauts' tours on the ISS would make space tourism possible again - and answer questions about health in space

Mental health the winner after Breivik 'sane' ruling

Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik was declared sane last week. The verdict is good news for the fight against misconceptions of mental health

Consciousness as the key to our mental traits

In The Ravenous Brain Daniel Bor explores consciousness and suggests that its level of activity is linked to several psychiatric conditions

Visual programming means anyone can be a coder

Coding by tweaking on-screen shapes and drawings could revolutionise computer programming, making it accessible to all

Can cold fusion research survive pioneer's death?

Martin Fleischmann kick-started cold fusion controversy and faced decades of hostility. His colleague Michael McKubre ponders the future of the field

The workout pill: Why exercise is the best medicine

From dementia and diabetes to high blood pressure - no pill protects us against ill health like exercise does, as Andy Coghlan discovers

Apple's victory opens gestures up to the patent wars

Brace yourself: Apple's big win is merely the opening shot in the battle for domination of gestural computing

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