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New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. It has also run a website since 1996, which publishes daily news. As well as covering current events and news from the scientific community, the magazine often features speculative articles, ranging from the technical to the philosophical. New Scientist - 18 December 2004 © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd. ...
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Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ...
A week is a [ PER [unit]] of time longer than a day and shorter than a month. ...
Most circulated periodical magazines in the U.S. as of 2003. ...
Reed Business Information Limited is a publisher of trade magazines and directories. ...
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Diagram showing the geographical locations of selected languages and dialects of the British Isles. ...
ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ...
link titleThe word international can mean: Between nations or encompassing several nations. ...
A science magazine is a periodical publication with news, opinions and reports about science for a non-expert audience. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Reed Business Information Limited is a publisher of trade magazines and directories. ...
Reed Elsevier is a leading global publisher and information provider. ...
It is not a peer-reviewed scientific journal, but it is widely read by both nonscientists and scientists as a way of keeping track of developments outside their own fields of study or areas of interest. It also has an extensive section of job adverts. Many science articles in the general press are based on its contents; and it is a popular method for artists who are interested in art-science links to get information about scientific innovations, material about how the brain works, and perception. The magazine also regularly includes features, news and commentary on environmental issues, such as climate change [1]. Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a process of subjecting an authors scholarly work or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the field. ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...
An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ...
In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the control center of the central nervous system. ...
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Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400,000 years Climate change refers to the variation in the Earths global climate or in regional climates over time. ...
Based in London, New Scientist has U.S. and Australian editions as well as a British edition. Its website runs daily news stories along with some of the articles that appear in the print edition. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
Magazine layout As of January, 2006, the magazine is laid out as follows: 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
News
- Editorial - often offering a perspective on scientific topics which are current political issues.
- Upfront - a summary of major news placed in a scientific perspective.
- This Week - short articles on reports or results presented this week.
- In Brief - a summary of research news and discovery.
Technology - Recent advances and developments in technology.
- Trends - showing how new technology is altering the way we live our lives.
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- Comment and Analysis - Offering a personal commentary on a contemporary topic.
- Letters
- Essay or Interview - often with a pioneer of a scientific development or an influential political or business leader.
- Perspectives/Second Sight - An alternative point of view on a pertinent piece of information.
- Politics - Westminster or Washington diary, describing how science is done in the capital.
- The Word - A short article, usually about a new scienitific idea.
- Enigma - a mathematical puzzle
- Histories - how our knowledge of a topic came to be.
- The Insider - careers/courses section for professional scientists
- Bookends - reviews.
- Feedback - short commentaries on amusing topics; in the past this has featured "nominative determinism" (whereby someone has a name particularly appropriate for their job), product warning labels, and unusual units of measurements (such as the size of countries being measured in 'Frances', and iceberg sizes in 'Belgiums').
- The last word - write-in questions and answers about scientific phenomena.
Features Enigma is a mathematical puzzle published in New Scientist magazine. ...
Mathematical games include many topics which are a part of recreational mathematics, but can also cover topics such as the mathematics of games, and playing games with mathematics. ...
Nominative Determinism, henceforth ND, is a term popularized by the magazine New Scientist. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ...
Superatoms are clusters of atoms which seem to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms. ...
An allergy can refer to several kinds of immune reactions including Type I hypersensitivity in which a persons body is hypersensitised and develops IgE type antibodies to typical proteins. ...
In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is expected, based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a...
Cloud seeding, also known as weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls out of clouds, or their structure, by dispersing substances into the air which allow water droplets or ice crystals to form more easily. ...
Oil exploration is the search by petroleum geologists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earths surface. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area Ranked 1st - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²) - Width 808 miles (1,300 km) - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km) - % water 13. ...
For the current concern about the transmission of an avian flu to humans see Transmission and infection of H5N1. ...
Website Daily news articles can be viewed in full on the website (www.newscientist.com) as well as extracts from longer articles. There are also special reports on topics from nanotechnology to cancer. Subscribers can see all content. New Scientist has also started a free podcast, SciPod, which can be downloaded directly from their site or through iTunes.
In late 2004 NewScientist.com added a subdomain called "nomoresocks" (No More Socks) where visitors could search for, rate, and discuss innovative gifts. Usage of the site dropped considerably by June 2005, and seems to no longer be in use.
In mid-2006, New Scientist content was also made available to users of Newsvine, a community-driven social news web site. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
According to Technorati, NewScientist.com is the 40th in the list of most-linked-to news organisations and the only science and technology specialist in the top 100.
Criticism In September 2006, New Scientist drew criticism from the writer Greg Egan, who distributed a public letter stating that "a sensationalist bent and a lack of basic knowledge by its writers" was making the magazine's coverage sufficiently unreliable "to constitute a real threat to the public understanding of science". In particular, Egan found himself "gobsmacked by the level of scientific illiteracy" in the magazine's coverage of Roger Shawyer's "electromagnetic drive", where New Scientist allowed the publication of "meaningless double-talk" designed to bypass a fatal objection to Shawyer's proposed space drive, namely that it violates the conservation of momentum. Egan urged those reading his letter to write to New Scientist and pressure the magazine to raise its standards, instead of "squandering the opportunity that the magazine's circulation and prestige provides" for genuine science education. The letter was endorsed by mathematical physicist John C. Baez and posted on his blog. [2] Greg Egan (August 20, 1961, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian computer programmer and science fiction author. ...
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In physics, a conservation law states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves. ...
Mathematical physics is the scientific field in between mathematics and physics; it studies the problems inspired by physics within a mathematically rigorous framework. ...
John Carlos Baez (b. ...
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The reply of New Scientist's editor defends the article, saying New Scientist is "an ideas magazine - that means writing about hypotheses as well as theories" [3].
External links
Official websites - Official website
- New Scientist Space - Website dealing specifically with news and discoveries relating to space
- New Scientist Tech - Website dealing specifically with news and discoveries in technology
- New Scientist Jobs - New Scientist job listings site
- New Scientist weekly podcast - New Scientist weekly podcast and podcast archive
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