Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 18 September 2012

A real fMRI high: My ecstasy brain scan

Graham Lawton reports the highs, lows and psychedelic purple doors involved in taking MDMA while having his brain scanned

Ape researcher suspended amid welfare concerns

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh is on administrative leave after ex-employees allege safety violations at the facility she directs

Tron-like map of bike journeys reveals London's hubs

An animation of the most common cycle-hire routes resolves into a familiar map of London's commuter hubs, helping plan future expansions of the network

Oil reserves at heart of Japan-China island dispute

The tussle over who owns the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is part of a broader struggle for control of oil and gas in the East China Sea

Meet Marco Tempest, magicking up new technologies

Cyber-illusionist Marco Tempest spills the beans on his technical trickery and explains why magic forges the way for technological advances

No more Arctic drilling this year for Shell

After an oil spill recovery device breaks during testing, Shell decides to delay Alaska drilling until next year

Human-safe robot could revolutionise manufacturing

A new type of manufacturing robot announced today could have a profound impact on how we interact with machines

Meet the world's first transhumanist politician

It's not necessarily a negative thing for us to become less human, says transhumanist politician Giuseppe Vatinno

'Super-recognisers' have amazing memory for faces

People with an intriguing talent are proving themselves useful as a crime-fighting force. Could anyone learn their superpowers?

Climate change determined humanity's global conquest

Modern humans only made it out of Africa when the changing climate made the Arabian desert passable - the rest of our migrations were climate-dependent too

Brain growth depends on shapely neurons

The brain's construction depends mainly on the shape of its neurons, a discovery that could speed up the mapping of the human brain

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