Friday, October 26, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 24 October 2012

Paralysis breakthrough: spinal cord damage repaired

An implant helping paralysed people stand unaided suggests the spinal cord is able to recover function years after severe damage

Video reveals how ultra 3D vision helps crow grab grub

Watch a tool-wielding crow extract hidden food using an extreme bird's eye view

UK badger cull to curb TB is postponed

Thousands of badgers in south-east England have been granted a stay of execution until the summer of 2013

Alien hunting: how to find DNA on Mars

Craig Venter's plan to sequence the Martian genome sounds ambitious but DNA may be found on the Red Planet if we know how and where to look

Dive into the largest image of our galaxy's centre

A single image of more than 84 million stars at the heart of the Milky Way will help astronomers learn more about the make-up of our galaxy

Scented sleep can wash your fears away

Fear of specific memories can be eased by exposing the sleeping brain to associated odours

The molecular machines that make life

Biophysicist Peter Hoffmann attempts to explain the emergence of life from a chaotic molecular storm in Life's Ratchet

Malaria study challenges warmer world predictions

A new model suggests we have misunderstood the way malaria will spread as global temperatures rise - but not everyone is convinced

Threatwatch: Find the germs, don't sack the messenger

Saudi Arabia has dismissed its top virus-hunter for sharing his discovery of a virus that hardly threatens anyone

Death: The blurred line between dead and alive

It's now easier than ever to be declared dead - even when you're still moving, sweating, and there's blood pumping around your body

Alien beauty wins Small World prize

See our favourite visions of the world in microscopic pieces from this year's Nikon Small World competition

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