Friday, February 10, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 9 February 2012

Stock trading 'fractures' may warn of next crash

A strange feature of high-speed trading could be used to create an early-warning system of future 'flash crashes' in stocks

What the latest LHC revelations say about the Higgs

Despite having no new data, the world's largest particle smasher has released fresh analyses shedding some light on this most wanted of particles

Domestic life of birds

Photographer Sharon Beals creates an intimate portrait of birds' nests from across the US

Face-stealing robots at Kinetica Art Fair

This year's experimental art fair features a giant, colour-shifting neuron, a menagerie of moving sculptures

Lost treasures: President Nixon's moon rocks

Priceless lunar samples gifted after the Apollo landings fell into wrong hands - meet the moon-hunter who went undercover to get them back

Acid-powered micro-rocket buzzes at 640 km/h

Like something out of Fantastic Voyage, the torpedo is just 10 microns in length and designed to travel within the human body

Drones vie with supersonics for the future of flight

Would you prefer to speed half way around the world in a matter of hours, or to zip about in a pilotless plane?

Killer T-cell surrounds cancer in targeted attack

Watch the immune system's hitman zero in on a tumour cell in this dramatic close-up of the encounter

Himalayas not losing much ice, but sea levels still rising

Previous studies overestimated the amount of ice being lost by mountain glaciers. But sea-level rise esimates are barely affected

Searching for the algorithm of happiness

The Happiness of Pursuit: What neuroscience can teach us about the good life by Shimon Edelman offers a happy addition to a classic recipe for well-being

Zoologger: Don't bite - how the zebra got its stripes

An enigma that puzzled Darwin may have been solved - experiments suggest that zebras have stripes to fend off biting insects

Lost treasures: The Loch Ness monster that got away

In the 1600s, the specimen of a curious long-necked seal emerged. It could explain tall stories of sea serpents - if only it hadn't been mislaid

Instant Expert: Sleep

In our latest expert guide, Derk-Jan Dijk and Rapha?lle Winsky-Sommerer explore the mystery of sleep and what modern life is doing to it

Shark-eating shark snapped in Australia

A tasselled wobbegong shark has been photographed eating another shark for the first time

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