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Today on New Scientist: 20 September 2010


Volcano breath test promises eruption early warning

A new sensor that monitors the gases venting from a volcano could give us more warning next time it threatens to erupt

Seeing red as acid leaks in east China

An acid leak from an abandoned chemical plant in China blanketed its surroundings in a dark red mist at the end of last week

Robots on TV: Five glimpses of future machines

Robots are getting smarter and more responsive, from the domestic servant self-starter to the fearless rescuer with an ear for an "um"

Brain's grey matter helps you introspect

Neuroscientists have identified an area of the brain that is larger in introspective individuals

Goodbye, nature vs nurture


Can video games be art?

Artists, gamers, designers, historians and critics answer the question that has become emblematic of the clash between technology and culture

City-dwelling helped us evolve resistance to disease

Ancient urban living made our ancestors more resistant to tuberculosis, a trait they have passed on to their descendants

Untagged: Software recognises animals it's seen before

When identifying individual animals in the wild, there's a limit to what we humans can do - but now there's a way to track them by their markings

Today Playstation Move, tomorrow Playstation Mind?

Sony's new motion-tracking controller Move is getting the thumbs-up from reviewers - but even more immersive gaming is set to emerge soon

Arctic bugs may have the longest life-cycle on Earth

With a hibernation period of up to 100 million years, bacteria discovered on the Arctic sea floor may have the longest life cycle of any known organism

What's eating the stars out of our galaxy's heart?

The centre of the Milky Way is darker than you'd expect - and not just because it's home to a supermassive black hole

Zeros to heroes: Ulcer truth was hard to stomach

No one would believe that bacteria caused stomach ulcers - until Barry Marshall swallowed some

Women with the baby blues process emotion differently

Don't blame your hormones: the brains of women with post-natal depression process emotion differently to non-depressed new mothers

Zeros to heroes: The long wait to speak in code

Digital sound was invented in 1937 - decades before the technology to use it had been developed

For clean hands, don't rub, scrub with a paper towel

Rubbing your hands under a warm-air dryer leaves them more coated with germs than before you washed them

World's smallest fridge could chill quantum computers

A quantum trick could pave the way for an atomic-scale fridge - it could brush absolute zero to keep quantum computers running smoothly

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