Saturday, February 9, 2013

Today on New Scientist: 8 February 2013

Webcam and CCTV security flaw shows us to prying eyes

A networking loophole has made it easy to have a peek at what everyone else is doing by accessing cameras connected to the internet

World of life's jewelled beauty in new museum shrine

The latest additions to a London zoology museum would all fit in a wardrobe: vintage glass microscope slides that form a fascinating, dazzling tribute to life

Sleep and dreaming: Why can't we stay awake 24/7?

From fruit flies to dolphins, every creature needs its shut-eye. Why we sleep is one of the biggest mysteries in biology, though the clues lie in the brain

Designer glasses correct red-green colour blindness

Lenses developed to help doctors spot veins more easily have a useful side effect - they enhance the ability to see red and greens

Life savings: Inside London's brain bank

Rowan Hooper visits the lab where brains are sliced in search of the underlying mechanisms of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's

Feedback: Ingredient-free aphrodisiac

Sex thrills, stock exchange hiccups, gizzard salad and more

Zoologger: 'It's a boy!' Monkey midwife delivers baby

In a rare sighting, a black snub-nosed monkey has been seen helping another monkey give birth in south-west China

Climate change may get us into hot political waters

The effects of climate change strains already fragile international relations, as Andrew T. Guzman describes in Overheated

Time to focus on the welfare of online workers

Crowdsourcing won't catch on unless workers can be sure they're getting a fair deal

Visions of heaven on Earth: Sacred sites in danger

The conservationists of WWF are enlisting spiritual leaders as stewards of nature - see some of the world's stunning sacred places that are on the danger list

Robot inquisition keeps witnesses on the right track

Interviewers are likely to lead witnesses astray. It's time for the machines to start asking the questions

Meet our earliest common mammalian ancestor

Small, furry and with a penchant for insects, the greatest grandparent of all modern placental mammals lived after the dinosaurs were wiped out

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