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Cannabis legalisation launches living laboratory
The new laws in Colorado and Washington should provide a testing ground for health effects and for how people behave when drug laws are relaxed
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LATEST NEWS
Supernova's purple haze illuminates stellar nursery
13:00 16 November 2012
Jimi Hendrix sang: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky." You might have the same urge when you look at the purple haze in this image of a supernova remnant
Attack on US grid would be worse than hurricane Sandy
12:15 16 November 2012
Delayed by five years, a report warns of the huge damage that sabotage of the US power grid could cause. But much has changed since it was written
Harry Potter spell book makes augmented reality magic
11:50 16 November 2012
Sony's Wonderbook: Book of Spells for PlayStation 3 goes beyond gimmickry with augmented reality that is integral to an engrossing gameplay experience
Brain-zapping Kinect game boosts mathematical skills
11:03 16 November 2012
See how a brain stimulation cap can help you improve your mathematical ability while you play a video game
Supercomputer portrait reveals Earth's swirling veil
16:38 15 November 2012
A worldwide weather simulation reveals a stunning high-resolution view of the aerosols that envelop our planet
Israel turns to Twitter to announce military hit
14:50 15 November 2012
The Israeli Defence Forces posted a picture of the dead Hamas leader Ahmed al-Jabari on its Twitter account – opening up a new era of military communication
Estimates for future global warming narrowed down
THIS WEEK: 08:00 15 November 2012
How much will Earth warm this century? A study has narrowed the range of likely temperatures
Hear the best music yet from a maestro brain
22:00 14 November 2012
Neuroscientists have mixed up music from two types of scan to create the brain's most human-sounding performance yet. Hear it here
Belly button samples reveal wonderland of fluffy fauna
18:13 14 November 2012
The blooming bacteria that makes its home in your navel is pictured by the Belly Button Biodiversity project
Calls for Roche to release patient data on Tamiflu
UPFRONT: 10:51 14 November 2012
Campaigners linked to the Nordic Cochrane Centre have called on European governments to sue the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche
Russia in crackdown on popular file-sharing websites
10:49 14 November 2012
The Russian government blocked traffic to a file-sharing site and an online library, citing a new law that many fear could curtail internet freedom
Oxytocin changes partnered men's behaviour
IN BRIEF: 22:00 13 November 2012
A quick sniff of oxytocin causes men who have a female partner to put more space between themselves and other women
Orbiting moon gives chilling clue to black hole heat
18:10 13 November 2012
A small partner circling a black hole would make the hole wobble and reduce its temperature
ECONOMICS
Greece in crisis: Saving a nation
In this special report, New Scientist reveals the humanitarian cost of the Greek catastrophe, with plans for recovery and insights into network analysis
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QUANTUM WORLD
Higgsteria: Hunting the world's most wanted particle
The Higgs boson was the only particle predicted by the standard model of physics that remained undetected – now all that's changed
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