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'Brain training' may just hide symptoms of dementia

2 September 2010 - 6:00am
People who engage in mental challenges may stave off symptoms of Alzheimer's, but decline more quickly if subsequently diagnosed

Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication

2 September 2010 - 3:00am
With trials showing positive results from the treatment of cancer to alcohol addiction, could illegal drugs be heading for the medical mainstream?

Void that is truly empty solves dark energy puzzle

2 September 2010 - 3:00am
Forget vacuums fizzing with particle activity: a new calculation shows this strange notion isn't necessary after all

Today on New Scientist: 1 September 2010

2 September 2010 - 3:00am
All today's stories on NewScientist.com including: wonder conductors set to cool computers, self-healing concrete, and the world's new longest animal

Shape-shifting robot compensates for damaged limb

2 September 2010 - 1:51am
A modular quadruped, built from a group of identical robot modules, learns to find new walking styles to cope with the malfunction of a single unit

Zoologger: Death by world's longest animal

2 September 2010 - 12:59am
A venomous medusa-like beast as long as a blue whale has emerged as an unlikely defender of the world's oceans

For self-healing concrete, just add bacteria and food

2 September 2010 - 12:45am
Adding limestone-forming bacteria to the mix could help the concrete seal dangerous cracks on its own

Road to cut off Serengeti migration route

2 September 2010 - 12:11am
Tanzania's government plans to build a road through Serengeti National Park, cutting through the migratory route of 2 million wildebeest and zebra

Arctic oil and gas drilling ready to take off

2 September 2010 - 12:04am
Oil drilling in Greenland's Arctic waters began last week, angering environmentalists. But it's nothing compared with the oil and gas rush that's coming

Conservation and compassion: First do no harm

1 September 2010 - 11:16pm
In putting conservation into practice, we often cause great suffering to animals. Marc Bekoff argues that we need a new ethical perspective

Wonder conductors will spin up cooler computers

1 September 2010 - 9:44pm
Newly discovered materials could clear the way for blisteringly fast laptops and smartphones that don't warm our laps or singe our ears

Volcano wakes from four-century sleep

1 September 2010 - 9:30pm
A Sumatran volcano dormant for 400 years has erupted, spewing smoke and ash several kilometres into the air

Nicholas Carr: Surfing our way to stupid

1 September 2010 - 7:40pm
By reshaping our minds, the internet is robbing us of the ability to think critically and creatively, says the author of The Shallows

Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less

1 September 2010 - 7:10pm
Encouraging models to put on weight may not be enough to prevent the influence that media images have on rising rates of eating disorders

Green machine: Perfecting the plant way to power

1 September 2010 - 7:03pm
Efforts to develop solar-powered water splitters are starting to bear fruit

Today on New Scientist: 31 August 2010

1 September 2010 - 3:00am
All today's stories on NewScientist.com including: rotten ice in the arctic, why the IPCC needs reform and evidence of the world's oldest banquet

Bjørn Lomborg: climate change is a problem after all

1 September 2010 - 12:13am
After years criticising climate science, "sceptical environmentalist" Bjørn Lomborg now thinks it's a top priority, says Michael Marshall

Do artefacts belong in museums?

31 August 2010 - 11:55pm
In Finders Keepers: A tale of archaeological plunder and obsession, Craig Childs outlines the opposing views about the proper place for history

Why it's time for change at the IPCC

31 August 2010 - 11:17pm
The forceful analysis of the IPCC's failings published by the InterAcademy Council is a strong dose of realism about the organisation's failings

Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery

31 August 2010 - 9:54pm
Önder Bilgi talks about his discovery of a razor-sharp 4000-year-old scalpel and what it was originally used for

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