Thursday, January 10, 2013

Today on New Scientist: 10 January 2013

Flesh-eating beetles turn dead parrot into skeleton

Watch a time-lapse video of beetles devouring a dead macaw to prepare its skeleton for a museum collection

Time to halt our massive waste of food - here's how

New technologies may one day save us from throwing resources at producing food that no one eats, but we can take measures now to solve the problem

Unborn sharks freeze to avoid predators

Faced with a dangerous predator, baby sharks hold their breath and stay still - even before they've been born

Sperm dance to calcium's tune en route to egg

Calcium signals helps sperm decide the best movements to bag an egg. The discovery could aid treatments for male infertility

A climate of cautious prediction

Most climate predictions err on the side of least drama, so extreme projections are often closer to reality

Global banking rules won't stop next meltdown

Banks now have to keep money in reserve to carry them through hard times, but economists says this isn't enough

Pebble smart watch set to ship to adoring backers

The crowdfunded $10 million baby of the Kickstarter world has, at long last, made good on its promise to ship products to customers

Books for 2013 - a bibliophile's guide

A wealth of new popular science titles arrive in 2013. Here's what we're looking forward to

Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy

Everyday mobile tech takes the legwork out of tracking hard-to-find animals, and makes life easier for field biologists

The jolt we need to take on climate change

If changing temperatures and rainfall patterns kill off coffee, will that finally spur us into action?

Hints of new dark force seen in galactic smash-ups

Dark matter behaving oddly in colliding galaxy clusters may be evidence for a fifth fundamental force in the universe

Flower Power sensor gives everyone green fingers

A stick-shaped wireless sensor monitors soil nutrients, moisture, and sunlight so amateur gardeners can keep tabs on their flora

London's Boris turns turtle getting yearly scrub down

See thick-skinned Boris get a tickle from a cleaner in Sea Life London Aquarium's annual January "Deep Clean"

Flea circus tricks: Reviving a Victorian sideshow

Watch a flea juggle and walk on a tightrope in an exclusive video, as an entomologist resurrects a classic fairground act

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