Friday, September 28, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 28 September 2012

Moon? Mars? No, it's seaward ho!

Ocean is the far frontier for rugged individualists, aka seasteaders, who want to build floating cities at sea

Water-hating knife slices droplet in half

Being able to cut a drop of water in half could have applications in biomedical research

Grow your own home with ancient and modern tech

Architect Mitchell Joachim talks about using synthetic biology to grow new construction materials and even buildings, and imagines the perfect city

Cause test could end up in court

Proving the cause of something is notoriously difficult. A new test claims to be able to find such causes, and it might end up in the courtroom very quickly

Graphics chips are for more than just eye candy

Microchips that were once designed solely for enhancing computer graphics are revolutionising data-heavy scientific research

Friday Illusion: How to move a dot with your mind

See how a dot seems to change place depending on what's happening around it

Smart ball lets you play video games intuitively

The wireless device, called Palla, can be held in the hand or rolled along a surface, making interacting with video games far more intuitive

Feedback: Those very expensive platinum particles

Expensive skin cream manufacturer explains not quite all, the truth about cholera pie, an official invitation to rewrite history, and more

Burn victim identified by maggots on body

Police have discovered the identity of a burned body using DNA extracted from the guts of maggots feeding on the victim

Brave new sea worlds to redefine society

George Petrie of the Seasteading Institute, set up to build ocean-going communities. explains why the life aquatic is the future for humanity

Snakes on a plane slither in engines

After algorithms spot a problem, snake-like robots may one day be used to investigate faulty engines, saving time and money

Causality test could help preserve the natural world

How can you prove one event causes another? A new test can find out, even in complex ecosystems

Curiosity snaps signs of vigorous stream on Mars

New images of rounded stones hint at an ancient stream of ankle- to hip-deep water rushing through Gale Crater at about a metre per second

Competing claims pile up around new element 113

After years of rejected attempts, labs in Japan and Russia have each announced new rounds of proof for the elusive super-heavy element

Silk holds the key to devices that dissolve after use

Implants that melt away in the body and biodegradable gadgets could be built by coating electronic circuits in silk

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