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WHERE DOES IT HURT?
New type of pain
found in the brain
SPOOKY ACTIONS
Why humans love
a pointless ritual
CLIMATE CRUSADE
Pope set to call for
action on warming
WEEKLY
January
17 -23,
2015
YOU REALLY
CAN TEACH A
FISH TO WALK
...and other experiments that are
changing our view of evolution
ONE TRUE COSMOS
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Why we must get rid of the multiverse
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CONTENTS
News
Volume 225 No 3004
This issue online
newscientist.com/issue/3004
News
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UPFRONT
Hacking and surveillance after Charlie Hebdo
attack. Work hard, drink hard. Fewer cancer
drugs on England’s NHS. AI warning
8 THIS WEEK
Pain in the brain. Super-fast evolution of
lizard penises. Space weather forecast.
Romans defied rules to keep wives in forts
11 INSIGHT
Pope set to call for action on global warming
14 IN BRIEF
Vampire aphids. Mysterious Antarctic circle.
Female ejaculation. Planetary pile-up
8
Zombie galaxies
refuse to die
New galactic life cycle
reveals some come
back from the dead
NASA/JPL-CALTECH
Technology
17
Dating by numbers. Facebook knows you
better than anyone. Perfect poker player
is a machine. Robots write in your hand
10
Where does it hurt?
New type of pain in
the brain
36
Spooky actions
Why humans love
a pointless ritual
11
Climate crusade
Pope set to call for
action on warming
24
One true cosmos
Why we must get rid
of the multiverse
On the cover
26
You really
can teach a
fish to walk
... and other experiments
changing our view of
evolution
Cover image
Morgan Schweitzer
Aperture
20
The drowned town that resurfaced
Opinion
22
Over a barrel
What does the falling oil price
mean for the environment, asks Fred Pearce
23
One minute with… Matt Keller
An app
could bring literacy to 300 million children
24
Multiverse? Get real!
It’s a preposterous
idea born of ignorance, says Lee Smolin
54 LETTERS
Boozy food. European beavers
Features
Features
36
Spooky
actions
Why humans love
a pointless ritual
DANNY LAWSON/PA
26
You really can teach a fish to walk
(see above left)
31
Lost lessons of science
From water’s true
boiling point to the secrets of the alchemists
36
Spooky actions
(see left)
CultureLab
40
Opening the black box
Companies spy
on us. Cryptocurrency could be the answer
41
Haeckel’s fraud
An excellent account of
the dodgy drawings that changed biology
Regulars
LEADER
Let’s pray the Vatican can
sway hearts on climate change
56 FEEDBACK
Tchotchke
vs tat
57 THE LAST WORD
Odd jobs
42 JOBS & CAREERS
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Coming next week…
What’s the beef?
The truth about meat and your health
Zero to hero
What makes some of us risk our lives for others?
17 January 2015 | NewScientist |
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