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Suicidal behaviour is a disease, psychiatrists argue

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 18:35
Evidence from brain and genetic studies suggests we should regard suicidal behaviour as a disease in its own right, a move that may help prevent suicides    

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Today on New Scientist

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 18:00
All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including: survival of the sociable, zap your brain, 3D ghost images without a camera, egg moon, and more    

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The tracking tag you just shake to send out a signal

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 18:00
A tag that transmits a radio pulse over 20 kilometres whenever jolted can be fitted to life jackets or animals, or even used to monitor damage to bridges    

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Threatwatch: Could a MERS vaccine make people sicker?

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 17:15
Protecting against the new Middle Eastern coronavirus may be hard as vaccines for related bugs have caused an unwanted reaction, but work on SARS will help    

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Hunting pack of bacteria paints a tangled skein

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 16:10
The purposeful, synchronised travel paths of the hundreds of thousands of bacteria are captured in a brilliantly colourful time-lapse image    

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When disaster strikes, it's survival of the sociable

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 16:00
In the drive to climate-proof cities, we can't just focus on buildings. Social infrastructure is just as important, says sociologist Robert Sampson (full text available to subscribers)    

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When disaster strikes, it's survival of the sociable

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 16:00
In the drive to climate-proof cities, we can't just focus on buildings. Social infrastructure is just as important, says sociologist Robert Sampson (full text available to subscribers)    

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 15:04
A landmark fossil study in 2008 suggested it was male dinosaurs that hatched the eggs, but a new analysis casts doubt on that idea    

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Astrophile: Saturn's egg moon Methone is made of fluff

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 14:44
Sitting in an icy nest near Saturn, tiny Methone is oddly smooth, perhaps because it is made of lightweight stuff that can flow to erase impact scars    

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Gesture that smartphones can appreciate

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 13:00
Mobile phones could soon be much less touchy-feely thanks to a new kind of 3D gesture-recognition technology that doesn't gobble up battery life    

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Feedback: Light up your brain

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 12:00
Mood-emitting headphones, microwaving security tags, waterproof sandals, and more (full text available to subscribers)    

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AI gets involved with the law

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 08:00
Computer programs could soon start making legal decisions, and they might do a better job than humans    

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Time-lapse spots faulty embryos before IVF

Fri, 17/05/2013 - 00:00
An imaging technique that identifies chromosomal abnormalities in young embryos could dramatically increase the success rate of IVF    

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Parcels find their way to you via the crowd

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 20:00
A new delivery concept uses the location of random strangers to TwedEx parcels directly to you – wherever you are    

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Ghostly pictures made in 3D - minus the camera

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 19:00
A strange kind of photography called ghost imaging has been extended to work in 3D, and may one day prove useful for medical or security scans    

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Zap the brain with electricity to speed up mental maths

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 18:35
It's what school children have been waiting for – stimulating the brain speeds up mental arithmetic and the results seem to last    

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Today on New Scientist

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 18:00
All the latest stories on newscientist.com: new US agony beam weapon, malarial mosquitoes sniff you out, Google and NASA go quantum, and more    

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Lifelogger reveals the day's emotional highs and lows

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 17:50
A smartphone, a biosensor and a screen make up the Inside-Out system, which allows you to analyse how you felt throughout the day    

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Lifelogger reveals the day's emotional highs and lows

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 17:50
A smartphone, a biosensor and a screen make up the Inside-Out system, which allows you to analyse how you felt throughout the day    

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New memories filmed in action for first time

Thu, 16/05/2013 - 17:21
The processes of memory formation and retrieval have been observed across the entire brain for the first time using transparent zebrafish    

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