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Egyptologist: The west is to blame for looting
INTERVIEW: 12:01 22 March 2011 | 2 comments
A thriving market for antiquities in the west is behind the looting of Egypt's heritage, says Barry Kemp, who describes the fraught situation on the ground
The mathematics of being nice
INTERVIEW: 15:31 21 March 2011 | 7 comments
Our ability to cooperate is the secret of humanity's success, says Martin Nowak, who tackles some of biology's biggest questions using mathematics
How Josef Oehmen's advice on Fukushima went viral
12:24 21 March 2011
When an MIT risk researcher sent some advice to a cousin in Japan he quickly became cited as an authority on nuclear power. He tells New Scientist how
Obesity expert: A better fat measure than BMI
INTERVIEW: 14:17 17 March 2011 | 7 comments
For nearly 200 years, the body mass index has been used as a measure of obesity. Richard Bergman argues it could be time for a change
There's more to fear from nature than nuclear power
EDITORIAL: 18:00 16 March 2011 | 2 comments
Destruction caused directly by last week's earthquake and tsunami will dwarf any harm from the damaged reactors at Fukushima
Removing bodies from display is nonsense
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 12:02 16 March 2011 | 6 comments
The removal of long-dead human bodies from view in museums for reburial is based on a warped notion of respect, says Søren Holm
The self: why science is not enough
THE BIG IDEA: 10:30 15 March 2011 | 48 comments
Can science explain the self, or is that just neuro-scientific hubris? There's no need to take sides, says Julian Baggini
We are the children of the lost DNA
EDITORIAL: 18:00 09 March 2011 | 1 comment
Extra genes did not make us human – it's what we lost that counts
GPS jammers have us at their mercy
EDITORIAL: 18:00 09 March 2011
City infrastructure can grind to halt when GPS is out of action. We urgently need a backup system
Right now, science needs the right stuff
EDITORIAL: 18:00 09 March 2011 | 1 comment
Speakers at the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference in Florida said they are ready to take risks to be pioneers for science and technology
OPINION
Will intensified farming save the rainforests?
The idea that you can save the natural world by increasing the efficiency of agriculture is very appealing. But Fred Pearce is far from convinced
THE BIG IDEA
The Frankenstein syndrome: Why fear making humans?
From IVF to artificial wombs, why does each advance in reproductive technology still conjure up visions of monsters or Hitler clones, asks Philip Ball