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Interview: Elon Musk on what's next for SpaceX

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:10:41 GMT

On the heels of the Dragon capsule's rendezvous with the ISS, New Scientist talks to the entrepreneur about where commercial spaceflight is headed

Today on New Scientist: 25 May 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: uncloaking augmented reality, drunk birds, SpaceX's Dragon capsule success, SKA decision, and more

Solar Impulse plane prepares to go intercontinental

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:43:00 GMT

Solar-powered plane Solar Impulse is well into its first intercontinental journey from Payerne in Switzerland to Rabat in Morocco

Astrophile: The outermost ocean in the solar system

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:15:00 GMT

Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, has a surface temperature of -235 °C. But below the surface, conditions could be warm enough to support a liquid ocean

Gotcha! Robot arm plugs SpaceX Dragon into the ISS

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:12:00 GMT

PayPal and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk's spaceflight venture has achieved its first major success for a paying customer: docking at the ISS

Friday Illusion: Control this animation with your mind

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:09:00 GMT

See how shifting your focus can alter the direction of a moving object

Augmented reality offers a new layer of intrigue

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Augmented reality – overlaying the real world with digital information – creates challenges but will enrich our lives visually and culturally

Feedback: Chemistry without the chemicals

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:01:00 GMT

Chemistry without chemicals, a phone for talking commercial rubbish on, why we should be wary of the chef's surprise, and more (full text available to subscribers)

Speedy pH changes detected in brain for first time

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:50:00 GMT

By tweaking magnetic resonance imaging, we can now visualise changes in the brain's pH – providing new insights into learning, memory and disease

Goldilocks planets captured in glass

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:40:31 GMT

Artist Angela Palmer has turned our search for Earth-like planets that could harbour life into a stunning glass sculpture at her new London exhibition

Drunk birds had one-too-many berries to blame

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:26:00 GMT

Flocks of cedar waxwings died en masse outside Los Angeles after overdoing it on berries from the Brazilian pepper tree

Fukushima-exposed children and workers 'OK for now'

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:00 GMT

Independent UN experts say radiation doses to children low, but some highly exposed workers face a more uncertain future

Greek crisis: Losing Greece won't save euro network

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT

The laws that govern networks in nature suggest that a Greek exit from the euro will not save the remaining countries (full text available to subscribers)

Reality respray: The hidden digital world uncloaked

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

In your home town, layers of digital graffiti have been daubed on buildings and even people. What happens when augmented reality makes it visible? (full text available to subscribers)

Bottled carbon from Mars bodes well for ancient aliens

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:01:00 GMT

Carbon found in Martian rocks came from magma not alien life forms – but the presence of reactive carbon raises hope for signs of life on Mars

Healing weaving wins Bio-Art image competition

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:42:00 GMT

A woven fabric of biomaterial that will form a scaffold to help injured cartilage heal impressed judges of a new contest for images of experimental biology

Today on New Scientist: 24 May 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: a new way to define alien life, Greek spending, weight-loss surgery is alcohol turn-off, and more

App lets anyone track Twitter to play the stock market

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:31:00 GMT

The firm behind last year's "Twitter hedge fund" has announced that it is launching an app and website that will let any investor do the same thing

DNA suggests marine reserves boost commercial fishing

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:01:00 GMT

The argument that protecting fish can also benefit the fishing industry gains some genetic support

Earliest member of giant panda line found in Spain

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:05:00 GMT

A pair of 11-million-year-old fossilised teeth may have belonged to an ancestor of the giant panda

Satellite images help doctors count people from space

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:55:00 GMT

For the first time, the population of a city has been counted from space. The images will help doctors speed up medical aid to disaster zones

Weight-loss surgery reduces desire for alcohol

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT

The Roux-en-Y weight-loss procedure appears to leave patients averse to alcohol

ISS spots Dragon as commercial craft prepares to dock

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:18:00 GMT

It's a dream mission so far for SpaceX as its third successful Falcon 9 rocket flight has delivered the Dragon capsule to the vicinity of the ISS

Squaring the genetically modified crop circle

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

If researchers want to make progress with genetically modified crops, they must join their opponents in examining regulation, says Matthew C. Nisbet

What life in augmented reality could look like

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:54:00 GMT

Watch how technology could one day create an environment that seamlessly merges physical and digital worlds