Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Regulars

  • Life16 November 2016

    Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

    Luckily for the whale, its plight was spotted by a wildlife photographer who helped raise the alarm – and then took this amazing shot

  • 16 November 2016

    Feedback: Oxygen in a can offers customers a peppermint puff

    Plus lessons in project management from Meat Loaf, searching for the lost sea of the Himalayas, IKEA website under assembly, Newton's mortal enemy, and more

  • Life17 November 2016

    Masquerading spider looks like living and dead leaves at once

    An unusual spider has accomplished “the ultimate leaf masquerade”, impersonating both living and dead leaves – hedging its bets on camouflage

Health | Physics16 November 2016

Old Scientist: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

As New Scientist celebrates its 60th anniversary, a look back at stories in our past November issues reveals our fondness for clean energy and lots of coffee

Earth9 November 2016

Dark waves tower during violent storm on Lake Erie

When the conditions are just right on the lake, a seiche – or standing wave – can occur. One photographer was there to capture it at its peak

9 November 2016

Feedback: Place a call for help from the defibrillating phonebox

Plus: stinky solution to bicycle theft, the worrying side effect love has on your brain, robot truckers deliver disappointment, sperm bank on ice, and more

Health | Technology2 November 2016

See inside a condom factory and what it takes to keep sex safe

It starts with wood and ends in foil packets – what happens in between? Some condoms take a pounding without even leaving the factory to test their durability

2 November 2016

Feedback: ‘Why don’t you like cheese?’ ask French scientists

Plus environment minister brews a Brexit plan, tweets from beyond the grave, ExoMars is a big hit, getting salty over condiments, single sock sale, and more

Earth26 October 2016

Space view makes for an eerie sight of the Colorado river

This impressive patchwork of Glen Canyon, 500 kilometres north-east of the Grand Canyon, was stitched together from shots taken by an ISS astronaut

26 October 2016

Feedback: The many scientific titles of Nobel winner Bob Dylan

Plus Treason Act update demands less imagination, the quantum-entangled hologram that is you, clowns in hospital gowns, and more

19 October 2016

Feedback: Noel Edmonds to launch radio station for your pets

Plus the surprising reason why dinosaurs got so big, Pokémon Go enters the medical literature, dessertification calls attention to climate change, and more

Life18 October 2016

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Tim Laman, named this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, used ropes and GoPro cameras to take a shot of an endangered ape climbing a tall tree for food

Life12 October 2016

The deer whose antlers spanned three-and-a-half metres

Glimpsing the impressive horns of the now-extinct Irish elk has inspired artists, from cave painters to modern photographers, for thousands of years

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