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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
Blood brothers
At the risk of flogging a dead, er, penguin. Paul Newcombe, Zurich, Switzerland.
Viewfinder: Opinions from around the world
"If you sold strawberry jam that contained not a trace of strawberry you'd be in trouble."
New York stem cell researchers can pay for eggs
IN A break from the US ethical consensus, the state of New York has decided that women can be paid to donate their eggs for research. Women who donate eggs must have hormone injections to persuade their ovaries to release a batch of eggs in one go.
Feedback
A broken clock is right... how often? WHAT kind of broken clock, we wondered innocently on 6 June, could ever be "right" more than twice a day?
Soundbites
"It's gorgeous! Blogger Phil Plait gets excited about the first 3D computer-generated image of a sunspot's magnetic field. "The physics of the first kiss were off.
Flat Earth
In discussing whether the universe is flat, Eugenie Samuel Reich compares this premise to the myth that once upon a time, we believed the Earth was flat.
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