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Inaccurate IQs could be a matter of life and death
17:26 12 May 2011 | 1 comment
People in the US with intellectual disabilities could have been wrongly put to death because their IQ test score was inaccurate
DNA chip test will track down illegal fish
THIS WEEK: 16:43 12 May 2011
Relatively cheap, reliable genetic tests could soon give the authorities the means to identify fish caught from unsustainable sources
New doubts over shaken-baby evidence
THIS WEEK: 14:50 12 May 2011
Water-filled cysts in the brain of a dead baby should not be taken as proof that the infant has been shaken to death
Obama is right to withhold photos of bin Laden's corpse
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 15:11 06 May 2011 | 6 comments
The US president is showing astute caution in refusing to release the photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse, says Andrew Silke
Digital legacy: Respecting the digital dead
17:35 05 May 2011
How can we keep digital bequests safe without poking our noses where they're not wanted? Sumit Paul-Choudhury asks the experts at the British Library
Osama bin Laden: how DNA identified his body
20:32 03 May 2011 | 27 comments
DNA evidence identified the world's most wanted man with "99.9 per cent confidence", which would require comparison with the DNA of close relatives
Push to define year sparks time war
18:00 27 April 2011 | 8 comments
Geologists and chemists have finally settled on a definition for the year – but not everyone is happy with it
Searching for the climate refugees
THIS WEEK: 18:00 27 April 2011 | 6 comments
There were supposed to be 50 million climate refugees by the end of last year, so where are they? New Scientist investigates
The Middle East is ripe for a scientific revolution
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 14:27 27 April 2011 | 13 comments
The Arab Spring puts the Middle East in a position to become a scientific powerhouse, but it needs help, says Ahmed Zewail, US science envoy to the region
Budget cuts put alien search on hold
19:17 26 April 2011 | 7 comments
The Allen Telescope Array, a key tool in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has been shuttered until extra funding can be found
INTERVIEW
Cory Doctorow: My computer says no
Disobedient computers, frightened gold farmers and money gone ethereal – welcome to the frontier world of the sci-fi author and technology activist
SPACE TRAVEL
Space taxi reaches orbit in first flight test
00:00 07 June 2010
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched into orbit in a flight that could pave the way for commercial launchers to replace the space shuttle