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Bye bye, bluefin: bid for trade ban fails
17:38 18 March 2010
An unprecedented effort to use world trade rules to save a species from rampant overfishing has failed, says Debora MacKenzie
Proposal to ban polar bear trade shot down
16:06 18 March 2010
A US proposal to outlaw trade in polar bear parts including paws, fur and teeth was voted down today at an international summit, says Andy Coghlan
What's the point of nuclear weapons on instant alert?
THIS WEEK: 15:46 18 March 2010
The US and Russians still have their missiles on a hair trigger, putting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at risk
Briefing: Should miaow-miaow be banned?
14:50 18 March 2010 | 17 comments
A slew of recent deaths linked to mephedrone have led to vociferous calls for a ban in the UK. What is – and isn't – known about this "legal high"?
How to move the brain with a Japanese line drawing
THIS WEEK: 13:25 18 March 2010 | 4 comments
Brain scans suggest how an 18th-century Japanese artist was able to evoke movement so well
Global warming changes natural event: first causal link
12:17 18 March 2010 | 3 comments
For the first time, climate change has been shown to alter the timing of a natural event – the emergence of the common brown butterfly
The stunning universe of Hubble goes 3D
12:00 18 March 2010
Hubble 3D is an extraordinary tour of the universe complete with brave astronauts and a certain telescope, says Dan Falk
Are machines ready to break down language barriers?
NEWS: 11:54 18 March 2010 | 4 comments
Online translation is shedding its clunky reputation, bringing the vision of global conversation a step closer to reality
A defuser's guide to the population explosion
11:00 18 March 2010
Fred Pearce's impressive and comprehensive Peoplequake makes it clear we ignore demographics at our peril
Personalised cancer trial promises better drugs faster
18:34 17 March 2010 | 3 comments
Testing several drugs at once and allowing doctors to adapt treatments to patients' responses should make trials more efficient
Today on New Scientist: 17 March 2010
18:00 17 March 2010
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: relativity's ultimate test, the positive side of shipping pollution, and how to see the future using games
First quantum effects seen in visible object
18:00 17 March 2010 | 39 comments
A tiny strip of metal visible to the naked eye has been induced to oscillate and not oscillate at the same time in a quantum superposition
Zoologger: Pregnant males are pro-choice for abortion
18:00 17 March 2010 | 4 comments
Male Gulf pipefish are left holding the babies: they get pregnant and rear offspring in their bodies. But selective abortion gives them the last word
The predictioneer: Using games to see the future
FEATURE: 18:00 17 March 2010 | 21 comments
The CIA says Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's political predictions come true 90 per cent of the time. So how does he do it?
Polluting ships have been doing the climate a favour
THIS WEEK: 18:00 17 March 2010 | 14 comments
New restrictions on sulphur emissions from shipping will save thousands of lives – but cutting back will take another brake off global warming
THE LAST WORD
Creamy composition
Is the squirty cream from a can a solid, liquid or gas?
FEEDBACK
Atlantic ups fat content
How the ocean transforms crisps, the risks of eating scalar waves, and how to read by the light of your feet
FROM THE BLOGS
The stunning universe of Hubble goes 3D
06:00 18 March 2010
Hubble 3D is an extraordinary tour of the universe complete with brave astronauts and a certain telescope, says Dan Falk
A defuser's guide to the population explosion
05:00 18 March 2010
Fred Pearce's impressive and comprehensive Peoplequake makes it clear we ignore demographics at our peril
GAME THEORY
The predictioneer: Using games to see the future
The CIA says Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's political predictions come true 90 per cent of the time. So how does he do it?
EVOLUTION
Accidental origin: Where species come from
Organisms gradually grow apart until they become different species – right? If new research is correct, it's more often down to tricks of fate
