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Author: New Scientist - News

Posted on September 5, 2018

Jupiter has a Great Blue Spot too, thanks to its weird magnetic field

The famous Great Red Spot has a blue rival created by the planet’s weird magnetic field – though the name is a bit of a cheat
Posted on September 5, 2018

Did someone deliberately sabotage the International Space Station?

Some Russian officials are saying a homesick astronaut may have drilled a hole in the ISS, but the real culprit is probably back on the ground
Posted on September 5, 2018

We’ve discovered a shark that eats plants as a side dish to shellfish

The bonnethead shark nibbles on seagrass as it catches shellfish - now we know it extracts nutrients from the greens in its diet
Posted on September 5, 2018

Butcherbird uses vicious whiplash technique to kill its prey

Loggerhead shrikes - also known as butcherbirds - fling their prey around by the neck to kill with whiplash
Posted on September 4, 2018

Your brain power varies throughout the year, peaking in autumn

Adults in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere perform better in cognitive tests in early autumn, and dementia symptoms peak in winter and spring
Posted on September 4, 2018

People calling Neil Armstrong biopic unpatriotic are stuck in 1969

Moon landing movie First Man fails to show the US flag being planted on the moon, angering some people. They're living in the past, say Nicholas Borroz and Egemen Bezci
Posted on September 4, 2018

Can an online test really tell if you have a healthy heart?

Public Health England has launched an online “heart-age” test to reveal people’s risk of heart attack or stroke, but it may be overly simplistic
Posted on September 4, 2018

The real danger of deepfake videos is that we may question everything

Realistic fake videos are now easier to make than ever. To fight back we need to find sources of information we can trust
Posted on September 3, 2018September 5, 2018

The American Dream is slipping away faster than we thought

Anyone is supposed to be able to get ahead in the US - but social mobility is powerfully influenced by your parents' socioeconomic status
Posted on September 3, 2018

‘Invisible’ Ebola transmission in the DRC may make it a bigger threat

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 78 people and epidemic watchers are waiting to see whether it can be controlled

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