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NAME THAT EXOPLANET
The rush to go down in astronomical history
WEEKLY
January
24 -30,
2015
WHAT’S
THE
BEEF?
The truth about meat
and your health
Revealed: deadly legacy of the world’s oldest nuclear waste
RISKING EVERYTHING
Why people lay down
their lives for strangers
BAREFOOT LIES
Are our shoes
destroying our feet?
THE MEANING OF LIFE
E. O. Wilson: who are we
and where are we going?
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TOXIC SHOCK
No3005
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CONTENTS
News
Volume 225 No 3005
This issue online
newscientist.com/issue/3005
News
UPFRONT
Could environmental change fuel Boko
Haram? Davos meeting considers end of
world. Lost spacecraft found on Mars
8 THIS WEEK
Ancient echoes tell of the big bang. How
personality shapes your health. Designer
bacteria that can only survive in a fake world.
Japan rules in exoplanet naming. Fall of
Soviet Union helped TB spread. If birds in a
truck fly, does it get lighter? Meteorite is
time capsule of early atmosphere gas
17 IN BRIEF
Cone snails use insulin to stun fish. Uranus’s
temper tantrums. Roller-coasting geese
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The Sellafield
nightmare
The world’s most
dangerous nuclear
waste site in hot water
SELLAFIELD LTD
On the cover
Technology
12
Name that exoplanet
The rush to go down in
astronomical history
8
Nuclear nightmare
Sellafield’s deadly legacy
36
Risking everything
Why people lay down
their lives for strangers
40
Barefoot lies
Shoes and our feet
28
The meaning of life
E. O. Wilson on who we are
21
Mortgages without the banks. How traffic
data can improve cities. Smart clothes
monitor pregnancy. Is Google Glass dead?
30
What’s the
beef?
The truth about meat
and your health
Aperture
24
Baby coral thrives in cement nursery
Opinion
26
Sick roots
Former chief medical officer
Harry Burns on Scotland’s ill health
27
One minute with… Maria Bitner-Glindzicz
We need rare secrets of 100,000 genomes
28
Meaning of life
Who are we and where are
we going, asks E. O. Wilson
54 LETTERS
Don’t yawn yet. Space farming
Cover image
Simon Danaher
Features
40
Barefoot lies
Are our shoes
destroying our feet?
Features
30
What’s the beef?
(see above left)
36
Risking everything
Why people lay down
their lives for strangers
40
Barefoot lies
(see left)
CultureLab
44
Real deal
Ex Machina
is a better film for its
engagement with consciousness research
46
Greenest dreams
Eco-cities seduce, but
humbler schemes may have a bigger impact
47
Turbulent times
From the Caribbean to
New Orleans, hurricanes cast a long shadow
GALLERYSTAOCK
Coming next week…
Plastic planet
How our waste is changing the ocean landscape
Regulars
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LEADER
The real cost of eating meat
FEEDBACK
Cannibalistic, sexist crisps?
THE LAST WORD
Smelly goat gruff
JOBS & CAREERS
Orgasmic equations
The deeply rooted desire for mathematical beauty
24 January 2015 | NewScientist |
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