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Today on New Scientist: 16 November 2009
18:00 16 November 2009
Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: the Origin of Species revisited, the mysterious dark flow extending towards the universe's edge, and the first universal programmable quantum computer
Meteor showers: good for skygazers, bad for satellites
GALLERY: 17:00 16 November 2009
Several space missions have been damaged or destroyed by meteoroids over the years – David Shiga rounds up the casualties
Time-travelling browsers navigate the web's past
15:41 16 November 2009 | 2 comments
Old versions of websites will be as easy to find as current ones with new time-travelling technology
Bangladesh mass poisoning mystery solved
16:08 16 November 2009
Researchers say they have discovered why arsenic turns up in lethal quantities in wells across Bangladesh – microbial oxidation is to blame
Headphone risk to pacemakers
NEWS: 15:09 16 November 2009 | 2 comments
The small powerful magnets used in modern headphones can cause pacemakers and defibrillators to malfunction
Hunger strike draws attention to food security summit
14:33 16 November 2009
As the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's world summit on food security opens in Italy, Jessica Hamzelou asks whether it is all a waste of time
On the Origin of Species, Revisited
SPECIAL FEATURE: 14:01 12 November 2009 | 1 comment
The most influential piece of popular science writing ever was published 150 years ago. Now New Scientist brings you a 21st-century remix of Darwin's classic by geneticist and author Steve Jones
Mystery 'dark flow' extends towards edge of universe
THIS WEEK: 12:46 16 November 2009 | 26 comments
Over a thousand galaxy clusters are streaming in one direction across the sky – some think it's the first sign of a neighbouring universe
NASA to restart primate irradiation testing
11:07 16 November 2009 | 27 comments
The effect of space radiation on astronauts is still a big question mark for deep space exploration – primate research is meant to cut it down to size
Making music on thin ice
09:00 16 November 2009
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, has composed a multi-media symphony using sounds of ice melting that he recorded on a trip to Antarctica in the hopes of delivering an urgent message about climate change.
Paradox lost: molecular collisions kept early Earth warm
18:00 15 November 2009 | 23 comments
2.5 billion years ago, the sun was so faint, the oceans should have been ice. They weren't, and now a modelling study suggests the greenhouse effect, and nitrogen explain why
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NASA to restart primate irradiation testing
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FEEDBACK
Sports jocks library goes digital
The athletic benefits of digital books, the randomising effects of being really drunk, and some excellent news (not really) from Microsoft
CULTURELAB
Origin of Species: The remix
17:40 16 November 2009 - updated 17:42 16 November 2009
Listen to the first chapter of New Scientist's On the Origin of Species, Revisited and hear how evolution has evolved
Making music on thin ice
09:00 16 November 2009
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, has composed a multi-media symphony using sounds of ice melting that he recorded on a trip to Antarctica in the hopes of delivering an urgent message about climate change.
PHYSICS
In SUSY we trust: What the LHC is really looking for
Forget the God particle - the rebooted Large Hadron Collider will give us much greater revelations
HEALTH
Common cold may hold off swine flu
This intriguing idea would explain why swine flu's autumn wave has been slow to take off in some countries and point to new ways to fight flu
