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New Scientist
New Scientist reports on the very latest science and technology news each week through the magazine, and each day on the website-- putting discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life. 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
Rubber mountain
Rubber mountain. AN UNUSUAL mountain stands in Westley, California.
Look to tides for signs of big quakes to come
THE rise and fall of the tides could help us to predict major earthquakes like the magnitude 9 quake that triggered Japan's tsunami last year.
The subtle knife
IT HAD been so long since I had had anything to drink but water. I spat the foul brew into the sink and tried the raspberry flavour. Two weeks earlier, I had had surgery to help me lose weight. I hunted for answers in online forums.
Speak up, soft sounds damage hearing
Say what? A study in rats suggests that even the sound of a desk fan could impact hearing. SEEMINGLY innocuous sounds like the whir of a desk fan may be enough to damage hearing.
Turn up the heat in obesity battle
Thermostat protein could help burn off the flab. Turning the body's brown fat into a furnace fuelled by unwanted flab might provide a new way to lose weight.
Diagnosis: uncertain
In this section n Why Egypt needs more time, p 8. ⢠Online friends light shadow network, p 12. ⢠Watchable wallpaper is future of TV, p 20. Revised psychiatry bible flunks reliability tests.
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