Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Today on New Scientist: 21 November 2011

Huge scrapyard tech could hurl giant lightning bolts

An electrical engineer in San Francisco wants to build two 10-storey-high Tesla coils from recycled equipment to produce stadium-sized electrical arcs

Herschel may have changed how Turner painted the sun

In the 19th century, painter J.M.W. Turner started portraying the sun as an object. But did he do so because he overheard William Herschel's lectures?

Olympus BioScapes winners find art in microscopic life

The 2011 Olympus BioScapes competition brings the beauty of micro-organisms out of the lab - here are our favourite images

One-Minute Physics: How to weigh money with your mind

Watch how you can quickly approximate the mass of an unknown quantity

Siri hack lets you adjust thermostat with your voice

A proxy server could let you control anything by talking to Apple's new assistant

Volcanic ash camera in first tests over Mount Etna

These exclusive pictures show the world's first in-flight ash detection system testing its mettle over Sicily's infamous volcanic potboiler

Fetus donates stem cells to heal mother's heart

Mouse fetuses will send stem cells into their mother's heart to repair damage - and perhaps boost their own survival prospects

Tim Minchin uses comedy to open a door to rationalism

With his heavy eyeliner and quirky act, comedian and musician Tim Minchin considers himself a "gateway drug" to science, philosophy and rationalism

Rats became the ultimate human pest four times over

The first evolutionary analysis of black rats shows that the rodents evolved to become human pests on four separate occasions

Electron tweezers reveal their pluck

Beams of electrons can pick up and move tiny objects, just like optical tweezers that manipulate items using light

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