Saturday, November 19, 2011

Today on New Scientist: 17 November 2011

Zoologger: Cannibal shrimp shows its romantic side

These small shrimps are no wimps: cannibalistic and willing to fight till death do them part - but only after dark

Technology's ?1m Nobel prize on the starting blocks

Until now there has been no engineering prize on the scale of Alfred Nobel's awards for science - that just changed

Hyperactive neurons build brains in synaesthesia

People with synaesthesia that leads them to associate letters with colours may owe their unusual talent to over-excited neurons during brain development

Female orgasm movie shows how the brain fires up

See the first visualisation of brain activity while a woman reaches sexual climax

Occupy vs Tea Party: what their Twitter networks reveal

An analysis of tweets about Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party illustrates the difference between the two movements

Hyperwarming climate could turn Earth's poles green

We may trigger hyperwarming that transforms the planet into a hothouse with tropical temperatures and lush forests close to the poles

Contraceptive pill linked to prostate cancer

Worldwide, the level of prostate cancer can be correlated to contraceptive pill use - but exactly how the pill causes cancer in men is unclear

Telling Stephen Hawking's story

More than ten years after she first penned the story of his life and work, Stephen Hawking's biographer found there is still so much more to tell

Graffiti artists caught out by their handiwork

An automated system of matching graffiti to gangs could make life easier for police

Radiation levels in Fukushima are lower than predicted

Just 10 people out of 5000 surveyed after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor in March showed unusually high levels of radiation

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