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Like it or not, this is the age of ubiquitous computing

3 hours 57 min ago
Unobtrusive computers pose social, rather than technological, challenges. No one likes a snooper    

Tracing the roots of food preference to keep us healthy

4 hours 27 min ago
Geneticist Paolo Gasparini is exploring the ancient Silk Road to find out how important our genes are in shaping what we can taste and what we like (full text available to subscribers)    

Mindscapes: First interview with a dead man

7 hours 48 min ago
Cotard's syndrome is the belief that your brain or body has died. New Scientist has the first media interview with someone who has come out the other side    

Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope

8 hours 54 min ago
After a series of false dawns, the world's first commercial wave farm is to open soon. Will this be a fresh start for the technology?    

Long may science continue to inspire poetry

12 hours 27 min ago
A poetic lament on the demise of the exoplanet-hunting space telescope is a reminder that contemplating the universe isn't just for scientists    

Atomic weights revision changes periodic table

22 May 2013 - 5:43pm
Five elements at the heart of the periodic table will never look the same again, following an update to their atomic weights    

Swarm of drones to give early warning of flash floods

22 May 2013 - 3:00pm
A drone monitoring system that tracks flash floods in real time can buy time to escape before the waters hit    

Earth's tides are shoving the moon away faster

22 May 2013 - 2:30pm
The North Atlantic is now wide enough to create exceptionally high tides, making the rate of the moon's retreat faster now than it was 50 million years ago    

String theory may limit space brain threat

22 May 2013 - 2:00pm
Hypothetical conscious entities that randomly pop into existence may undermine our view of the universe – string theory may banish these Boltzmann brains    

Drake equation for alien life gets an upgrade

22 May 2013 - 1:00pm
The planet-spotting Kepler telescope seems doomed, but its discoveries along with a new version of the famous Drake equation will sharpen the hunt for ET (full text available to subscribers)    

Google Glass apps show off what headset can really do

22 May 2013 - 1:00pm
A raft of new apps and hacks for Google's forthcoming device show us life beyond the smartphone    

Early weaning suggests Neanderthals matured faster

22 May 2013 - 1:00pm
The barium levels in a Neanderthal child's molar indicate its mother stopped breastfeeding at 14 months – more than a year earlier than modern humans    

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22 May 2013 - 1:00pm
All the latest stories on newscientist.com: watching your mind in action, Drake equation rebooted, new apps and hacks for Google Glass, and more    

Bees start to buck trend of decline in UK wildlife

22 May 2013 - 12:10pm
The UK's wildlife isn't faring too well, but lost and new species of wild insects and plants are appearing there and elsewhere in Europe    

Carefree leopard makes screen debut

22 May 2013 - 11:40am
This brazen, beautiful, evidently male Javan leopard doesn't show obvious signs of stress – despite being recently added to the Red List of endangered species    

Consciousness: Watching your mind in action

22 May 2013 - 11:00am
We no longer have to wonder what self-awareness looks like, says neuroscientist Daniel Bor – now we can see for ourselves (full text available to subscribers)    

As MERS spreads, frustration at lack of info grows

22 May 2013 - 8:30am
The new coronavirus that emerged in the Arabian Peninsula last year is spreading among people that have had no contact with a known infected case    

Climate change will push up New York's heatwave deaths

21 May 2013 - 1:10pm
There will be more deaths in summer and fewer in winter as climate change begins to bite in New York City. The net effect is not good news    

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21 May 2013 - 1:00pm
All the latest stories on newscientist.com: rebuilding the LHC, killer army robots, Oklahoma tornado, sniping the easy way, and more    

Timing made Oklahoma tornado toll worse

21 May 2013 - 12:20pm
The tornado that struck Oklahoma City in the US on Monday was unusually large and powerful, and it came down at a bad time of day