Are you feeling sleepy? Alcohol may help hypnosis
How mind-altering drugs can increase our susceptibility to hypnosis, and how that could improve medical care
Gotcha! Higgs find will kick off new era of knowledge
The 50-year particle hunt looks to be almost over but the Higgs games are only just beginning
Birth of a boson: the Higgs has more than one daddy
Ahead of a possible discovery of the Higgs boson, New Scientist speaks to two of the particle's less-known fathers
Gaia spacecraft to be flung 1.5 million km from Earth
The European Space Agency is preparing for the launch of its Gaia spacecraft. Its mission: to create a 3D map of a billion stars using a 1.5-gigapixel camera
Islamist threat to Timbuktu's ancient scientific texts
The Ansar Dine islamist group is destroying historic tombs in the Malian town. An ancient collection of Islamic texts could be their next target
Mouse 'junk' DNA vital for gene regulation
Non-coding regions of mouse DNA reveal important regulatory segments shared by mice and humans
Touchscreen ignores unintentional taps and swipes
Ever triggered a tweet or email with an accidental tap on a touchscreen? Thanks to Nokia, there could soon be an app for that
Past and future tales of climate change
Climate Changing Stories at London's Science Museum deploys art and artefacts to open deep perspectives into climate and technology past and future
A brief history of a boson: Timeline of Higgs
In the culmination of a 50-year quest, physicists at CERN are expected to announce the discovery of the Higgs boson - we show how they got there
Miracle buster: Why I traced holy water to leaky drain
Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku faces a Catholic backlash after insisting that the "holy" water dripping from a statue of Christ came from a blocked drain
Higgs results leaked - but are they real or rumour?
Reports have surfaced claiming that the elusive Higgs particle has been discovered, but a CERN official described the reports as "premature"
AI systems could fight cyberbullying
Smart software could detect online bullying via a database system that can identify even the subtlest of abusive comments
Tevatron collider waves goodbye to the Higgs
As the world waits for news of the Higgs boson from the LHC, the last great US particle smasher has presented its final contribution to the hunt
Protests greet reboot of Japanese nuclear reactor
Reactor 3 at the Oi nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan has reached criticality
Sun's hot plasma activity measured
What does a 1-million-?C loop of gas rising from the sun's surface look like? And what can it tell us about solar storms coming our way?
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