Friday, July 27, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 26 July 2012

Gaze-tracking illusion lets you draw with your eyes

People with locked-in syndrome could use their eyes to mimic handwriting or drawing thanks to an optical illusion

Ben Miller: Why science needs a sense of humour

Comedian Ben Miller explains what science and comedy have in common

Fungus-powered superplants may beat the heat

As US crops wither in drought, researchers are turning to symbiotic fungi to help crops survive extreme conditions without resorting to genetic engineering

Human error blamed for Fukushima meltdown

The main cause of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was not last year's earthquake but a failure to prepare for large-scale emergencies

Stress may cause women's brains to age prematurely

Genes responsible for ageing the brain appear to affect women more than men, possibly as a result of a stressful life

AI predicts when you're about to get sick

An AI system that trawls through Twitter data can tell when you're about to get flu eight days before you get any symptoms

Berenice Abbott: Monochrome purity in photography

A new exhibition at MIT reveals how Berenice Abbott used photography to bring science to the US public in the 1960s

Flickering lights help smartphones keep time

Devices could regulate their internal clocks by synchronising to the frequency of mains electricity, revealed in the flicker of fluorescent lights

The true faces of emotion

Bushmen or businessman, everyone makes the same expressions to signal emotions - or so we thought. Now it looks like human nature isn't so universal after all

Liposuction used to create blood vessels for bypass

Stem cells taken from fat tissue have been coaxed into forming blood vessels that could replace those damaged by cardiovascular disease

Ruling frees FDA to crack down on stem cell clinics

A controversial stem cell therapy should be regulated as a drug, US court rules

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