Friday, February 3, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 1 February 2012

Parking sensors to take pain out of finding a space

A "parking patch" could bring together wireless sensors and mobile apps to steer drivers towards vacant spots, and lead traffic wardens to parking offenders

Earth in for bumpy ride as solar storms hit

Technology makes our planet more vulnerable to solar outbursts than ever before. What are the risks to Earthlings as the sun gears up for peak activity?

Volcanoes may give a 100-year warning

Enormous volcanic eruptions build up for a century before finally going off, potentially giving societies decades to prepare

Big trees in trouble: How the mighty are falling

From the kings of the jungle to the boreal giants, the world's greatest trees are at risk from climate change, deforestation and invasive species

Earphones that know when they're in the wrong ear

The prototype earphones detect which ear they are in and switch to the correct audio channel. They can also tell when you listen with a friend

Baby pulsars spawn universe's most energetic particles

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays occasionally slam into Earth, but their source had been a mystery

Weak will comes from tired mental muscles

Self-controlled people have better lives - but for the rest, lack of willpower is more like physical fatigue than moral failure, says Roy F. Baumeister

Scientists suing the FDA after covert surveillance

US Food and Drug Administration alleged to have spied on scientists and doctors after they reported problems with approval of medical devices

Animals get arty

Paintings by apes and elephants make for an unusual exhibition. But can the works truly be considered art?

$785 million to fight neglected tropical diseases

A collaboration of governments, big pharma and charities has pledged to provide 14 billion treatments for 10 neglected tropical diseases

Drone could soar through Titan's skies for years

Titan's low gravity and dense atmosphere mean that a new radioactive-powered plane could soar across its skies for a whole year

Ivory traders may be benefitting from Arab Spring

Egypt's illegal trade in ivory is not dropping as fast as it should - political upheaval and Chinese tourism look like key factors

The yuck factor explained

Psychologist Rachel Herz explores the spectrum from self-preservation to morality in That's Disgusting: Unraveling the mysteries of repulsion

Orchid children: How bad-news genes came good

The set of genes that help create our most grievous frailties may also underlie our greatest strengths - and sometimes the choice is settled in childhood

Wages up, jobs down - the latest graduate rollercoaster

Soon-to-be-graduate Rebecca Campbell gives her take on the latest results from those taking the temperature of the graduate job market

Hayabusa's asteroid-sampling mission, take two

Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe will use brute force to collect samples from an asteroid in an attempt to avoid the pitfalls of its problem-plagued predecessor

Telepathy machine reconstructs speech from brainwaves

In what amounts to technological telepathy, neuroscientists are on the verge of being able to hear silent speech by monitoring brain activity

Whale acrobatics inspire a faster helicopter

Inspired by the fins of humpback whales, engineers have built a helicopter with far higher performance than before

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