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Rabu, 25 Juli 2012

Today on New Scientist: 24 July 2012

Strobe-goggle catch boosts memory

The goggles these guys are wearing don't just make their game of catch more interesting - they're testing the effects of visual experience on memory

Research ban for surgeons after probiotic experiment

Two surgeons have been banned from human research after deliberately infecting brain wounds with bacteria to treat terminal cancer

Can the planet survive 10 billion people?

A damning one-man show offers a bleak vision of our future on this planet

Pakistan polio drive hit by murder of health worker

A local worker helping to eradicate polio in Pakistan has been killed just weeks after an assessment praised such workers for helping to stem the virus

Artifical mother of pearl follows nature's recipe

A new way of creating mother of pearl mimics the way it is created naturally in molluscs

Iran nuclear facilities 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC malware

A new malware attack on Iran has forced nuclear plant computers to blast heavy metal music at full volume

Europe's first gene therapy approval anticipated

The first gene therapy has been recommended for approval in the west - for a rare disease that prevents people from breaking down fat

Kepler glitch may lower odds of finding Earth's twin

One of four reaction wheels used to orientate the exoplanet-hunting probe stops spinning, potentially limiting the mission's lifetime

We are all susceptible to delusions

In his new book, novelist and former psychologist Frank Tallis explores the psychology behind demonic possession

Communing with aliens at Secret Garden Party

Identifying supertasters, taking a vaccine's voyage and reaching out to extraterrestrials. You know, your standard summer festival

The scramble to avoid home broadband metering

Skyrocketing internet usage could spell the end of all-you-can-eat broadband - but new technology is finding ways to keep pace with demand

Daredevil descents: Free-falling from space

As the latest attempt to make the highest ever parachute jump prepares to launch, read the forgotten story of what was almost the greatest jump in history

Three-in-one drug wipes the floor with TB

A new tuberculosis drug combination is less toxic, quicker and cheaper, and seems to work against drug-resistant strains

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