Thursday, February 23, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 21 February 2012

Plankton-fuelled ocean eddy is 150 kilometres wide

Deep below the surface, the ocean has its own weather. See a huge underwater eddy spotted by NASA's Terra satellite

Nash's beautiful mind pre-empted million-dollar puzzle

In recently declassified letters, Nobel laureate John Nash penned ideas about cryptography and computational complexity decades before their time

Are you mad to love city living?

An evening of urban psychology and tales of Bedlam questions what living in the city does to your brain

Research priorities must serve all the world's people

I want science for all, not just the elite, says Princess Sumaya of Jordan, president of her country's Royal Scientific Society

Rare amateur video captures Challenger tragedy up close

Watch one of few existing clips of the Challenger shuttle explosion captured by a member of the public

Linking genes, cerebellums and schizophrenia

People with schizophrenia sometimes have small cerebellums - stress or diet may suppress its growth in a fetus, making this a possible factor in the illness

Dealing with death in a digital world

The laws about who controls your online property when you die are too vague

Interactive maps help pygmy tribes fight back

Online games and smartphone maps could help pygmy tribes in Africa fight logging and poaching in their area

The mystery of the missing brain cells

The idea that we can grow new neurons has brought tantalising hope of repairing the brain after injury and disease. But could it be based on wishful thinking?

Plant blooms after 30,000 years in permafrost

A plant that last flowered when woolly mammoths roamed the plains is back in bloom - and has become the oldest plant ever to be resurrected

Bipolar drug fixes damaged nerves to restore movement

Lithium chloride - used to treat biopolar disorder - helps mice to regain movement after nerve damage by recoating nerves with an insulating sheet

When the US came level in the space race

John Glenn's orbital flight 50 years ago today meant the US had caught up with the Soviet Union in the space race

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