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New Scientist
New Scientist is essential reading in a world where space travel, genetics, supercomputers and environmental politics are staples of the daily news. Its reliable, clear voice helps readers evaluate what's important in modern science and technology. Based in London, with seven editorial offices and a network of expert correspondents around the world, New Scientist is the one consumer science magazine that provides a truly global perspective. Art availability varies.
New Scientist Samples
Mini ice age took hold of Europe in months
JUST months - that's how long it took for Europe to be engulfed by an ice age. Around 12,800 years ago the northern hemisphere was hit by the Younger Dryas mini ice age, or "Big Freeze".
For the record
Our apologies to Jeff Greason for inserting the sentence "Stephen Hawking calls for moon and Mars colonies" into our interview with him..
Will spacecraft fly-by unlock exotic physics?
WHAT'S causing spacecraft to mysteriously accelerate? The anomaly emerged in 1990, when NASA's Galileo spacecraft whizzed by Earth to get a boost from our planet's gravity and gained 4 millimetres per second more than expected.
Scientific truths
According to Rory Allen, I was right to criticise Hume's and Dawkins's arguments against miracles but a misunderstanding of science mars my case.
Chapters Nine and Ten
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record. In which Darwin considers the absence of intermediate varieties and explains why our palaeontological collections are full of gaps. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings.
DNA database
Emma Riccobena presents something of an under-informed, alarmist take on issues surrounding the UK's National DNA Database.
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