Saturday, March 2, 2013

Today on New Scientist: 1 March 2013

Kinetica comes into its own with illusory adventures

London is the place to be for sci-art fans this weekend, with the fifth Kinetica Artfair exploring the borders of illusion and reality

Astrophile: Super-bright supernova hints at dark lens

A lens of dark matter might have magnified a supernova, causing it to look up to 20 times brighter than similar explosions

The self: The one and only you

There are flaws in our intuitive beliefs about what makes us who we are. Who are we really, asks philosopher Jan Westerhoff

Friday Illusion: Mind movies that screen what you see

See an animation that illustrates how our brain stages what we see to create the impression of continuity

Smartphone projector breathes life into storybooks

HideOut, a smartphone projector system, lets users guide animated characters over any surface by using invisible-ink markers

'Good' and 'bad' skin bugs dictate who gets spots

Acne may be caused by certain strains of a common skin bacterium - raising the prospect of "probiotic" treatments that rebalance skin flora

Feedback: Beware of dangerous signs

Danger signs, non-existent products, prime confusion and more

Space gold rush should not be a free-for-all

We need a consensus on regulations surrounding space mining if it's to enrich us all

Mystery ring of radiation briefly encircled Earth

A band of high-speed charged particles formed within the Van Allen radiation belts last September - knowing why could help protect spacecraft

Zoologger: The only virus with an immune system

The ICP1 virus has stolen the immune system from the bacterium it targets, and is now using the weapon against its host

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