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New particle may be
lurking in old data
Is your house being hacked
with ultrasound?
UNHEARD INTRUDER
QUANTUM CRACKS
Tiny holes point the way
to a theory of everything
WEEKLY
November 5 -11, 2016
REUNITED STATES
The way to heal wounds in post-election America
YOUR
HALLUCINATING
BRAIN
How our minds invent
the reality around us
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CONTENTS
News
Volume 232 No 3098
This issue online
newscientist.com/issue/3098
Leader
5
Neither candidate deserves to win the
US election, but one deserves to lose
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Quantum cracks
Rethinking a classic
experiment could point
to theory of everything
RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SPL
News
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UPFRONT
Wildlife to decline by 2020. Pirate Party
gains in Iceland. Male contraceptive trial
8 THIS WEEK
Swifts fly for 10 months straight. Seeing
disgust affects confidence. New particle
glimpsed in old data. Chimps had sex with
bonobos in the wild. Ancient Aussies hunted
biggest game. Computer predicts smells
14 IN BRIEF
Dinosaur brain found. Gecko’s feet trap it on
one building. Hexagon cities good for cars
On the cover
28
Your
hallucinating
brain
How our minds
invent the reality
around us
Cover image
Oska
10
Smash from the past
Old data, new particle
22
Unheard intruder
Ultrasound house hack
8
Quantum cracks
Tiny holes point way to
theory of everything
18
Reunited states
Healing election wounds
33
Old whalers’ tales
Hunting logs help save
the ocean
Analysis
18
US election
Can the nation heal after
the divisive race for the White House?
20 COMMENT
It is folly to pin hopes on negative emissions.
Assault on Aleppo’s medics is sickening
21 INSIGHT
Borders don’t matter in climate legal fights
Technology
22
Ultrasound signals pose privacy risk.
Floorboards generate energy. Video games
get political. Soft robot finds its own food
Features
Aperture
26
Peeping inside a condom factory
40
Illuminating
the stars
Making stellar matter
with the world’s most
powerful laser
LAURA MORTON
Features
28
Your hallucinating brain
(see above left)
33
Old whalers’ tales
Hunting logs help save
the ocean
36
What was the first hot meal?
Exploring
the origins of cooking
40 PEOPLE
Félicie Albert illuminates the stars (see left)
Culture
42
Stand up and be counted
The debates
over linguistics teach wider ethical lessons
44
Change is us
How far can our evolution go?
Coming next week…
Beyond batteries
Revolutionising the way we use energy
Regulars
60 LETTERS
Treat carbon as long-term hazard
64 FEEDBACK
The science of disliking cheese
65 THE LAST WORD
Resist and multiply
Don’t disrespect me
Why honour culture lives on in all of us
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