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Pulses of darkness let digital data travel farther
18:57 15 June 2010
Optical fibres can carry data for longer distances if it is encoded in pulses of darkness – and a laser-like device has been built to exploit this
Bumpology: Choosing the sex of your child
18:02 15 June 2010
Can you influence your baby's sex before conception? New Scientist separates fact from fiction
Today on New Scientist: 15 June 2010
18:00 15 June 2010
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to direct your dreams, how recycled batteries boost electric cars, and homespun high-energy physics
Is it time to say goodbye cool world?
17:21 15 June 2010
International climate negotiators may be on the brink of abandoning emissions targets aimed at limiting warming to 2 °C
Phone sensor predicts when thoroughbreds will go lame
NEWS: 16:45 15 June 2010
Attaching accelerometers to a horse's neck could provide early warning of lameness and reduce the risk of serious injury
Thank the Soviets for Afghan mineral bounty
UPFRONT: 16:26 15 June 2010 | 4 comments
A trillion-dollar bounty of iron, copper and other minerals has been found in Afghanistan – thanks to maps made during the Soviet occupation
'Godless communists' embrace creationism
16:25 15 June 2010
American creationists now have the strangest new allies, says Andy Coghlan – in a nation that made atheism its state religion
What makes good doctors go bad?
15:45 15 June 2010
In When Doctors Kill, Joshua Perper and Stephen Cina offer a wealth of arresting if gruesome anecdote on a serious issue
Green machine: Recycled batteries boost electric cars
15:30 15 June 2010 | 1 comment
Making eco-cars more affordable and renewables more practical: why repurposing electric car batteries makes perfect sense
David de Rothschild: At sea in a soda-bottle boat
INTERVIEW: 14:26 15 June 2010
The eco-adventurer is raising awareness of our damaged oceans by crossing the Pacific on a boat made of soda bottles
Sea snail venom provides potent pain relief
12:49 15 June 2010
The venom has been used to develop a pill that is 100 times as potent as leading treatments against nerve-related pain
FDA clamps down on personal genomics
12:35 15 June 2010
From now on, firms that sell genetic tests will be required to get the agency's approval. Is it sensible regulation or just paternalism?
Unpeeling the truth about human skin
11:20 15 June 2010
It is our largest and most visible organ, but throughout history skin has gotten a raw deal. A new exhibition aims to give it the attention it deserves
Aspirin and dental floss: Homespun high-energy physics
10:54 15 June 2010
Think particle physics is all high-tech? New Scientist rummages in the kitchen cupboard to help probe the subatomic secrets of nature
Want to find your mind? Learn to direct your dreams
FEATURE: 08:00 15 June 2010 | 6 comments
The missing piece in the puzzle of consciousness is within everyone's grasp. All you need is a pillow and an active imagination
Intensive farming 'massively slowed' global warming
20:00 14 June 2010 | 5 comments
A new analysis says that the green revolution, with its fertilisers, pesticides and high-yielding hybrids, has restrained greenhouse-gas emissions
Today on New Scientist: 14 June 2010
18:10 14 June 2010
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: what's wrong with the sun, 19th-century tech in the new iPhone, and why vuvuzelas are so annoying
Computerised critics could find the music you'll like
FEATURE: 18:04 14 June 2010
For music sites to be better at suggesting sounds we will like, their computers need to be able to tell trance from tango
ENVIRONMENT
Special report: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is now the site of one of the world's worst environmental disasters. Follow events as they unfold in our special report
WORLD CUP 2010
What makes vuvuzelas so annoying?
We asked Trevor Cox, president of the UK Institute of Acoustics, to explain the penetrating sound of these noisy plastic trumpets
