Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Today on New Scientist: 11 February 2013

Help name Pluto's two newest moons

The team that recently discovered Pluto's fourth and fifth moons are asking the public to vote on their underworld-themed shortlist of names

Picasso created masterworks with house paint

A new X-ray nanoprobe shows that the painter was one of the first to switch to enamel wall paint to create new artistic styles

Mind maths: Five laws that rule the brain

Can mathematics help us to find elegant order behind the apparent pandemonium of our minds?

Can the internet revive US democracy?

Gavin Newsom's Citizenville shows that technology can empower people, but fails to explore deep-rooted problems within the democratic process

Grounded: Where the Boeing Dreamliner went wrong

An advanced airliner brimming with untried technologies is on the tarmac until further notice. What did anyone expect, asks Paul Marks

Snow falling on red squirrels in Scotland

The grey squirrel has comprehensively outcompeted the UK's native red squirrels for food and habitat, but some reds are clinging on in Scotland

Why we're building a ?1 billion model of a human brain

The Human Brain Project has just won a ?1 billion research prize. Its director Henry Markram says the initiative will unify our understanding of the brain

Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus

A genetically engineered virus shrinks tumours in the liver and elsewhere, with only mild flu-like side effects

Time to rinse! AI assistant helps clean your teeth

A video system that gives cues to help people with dementia carry out everyday tasks can help them remain independent

Sooty ships may be geoengineering by accident

Oil-burning ships are fertilising the north Pacific with iron - inadvertently putting a proposed geoengineering idea into practice

Extreme life might be visible on colourful exoplanets

Lichens and algae may be the first life forms spotted on Earth-like exoplanets, based on a technique that can see their unique colour patterns in reflected light

Crowds prowl Google Street View to speed road repairs

A crowdsourced workforce could pinpoint potholes and broken pavements by virtually scanning streets

Data-wiping algorithm cleans your cellphone

Recycled cellphones tend to hang on to their former owners' personal data. A new algorithm aims to wipe them clean

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