Watch how you can trick your brain by stroking a fake rubber hand and your real hand at the same time. More: www.newscientist.com

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Natural CO2 vents on the floor of the ocean cause differing levels of acidity. How does this effect marine life? Read more - environment.newscientist.com Find out more at: environment.newscientist.com

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Read more: www.newscientist.com A working model of an ancient computer was recently recreated in London.

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Read more: www.newscientist.com Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are finding out that a gecko's tail plays an important role in its movement.

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Technology feature editor Ben Crystall explains how he recreated a programmable robot dating from 60AD. More here: www.newscientisttech.com

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Science and technology news featuring dancing robots, amazing optical illusions and the latest on depression research. For more science and tech news visit: www.newscientist.com www.newscientisttech.com www.space.newscientist.com www.environment.newscientist.com

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Find out how a new technique could sharpen up your digital photos, watch a galaxy collide with a particle beam, see the world through the eyes of an owl and more...

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Watch a disembodied head that can mimic expressions: technology.newscientist.com See a new 'Frankenphone' with a heartbeat: technology.newscientist.com Find out about a glass table that can make ghostly images appear on the surface: www.newscientist.com

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Read more: technology.newscientist.com See some prototypes of robot swarms created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Watch acrobatic geckos perform funky moves with their tails: www.newscientist.com See some new rock climbing robots: technology.newscientist.com Find out how paragliders and falcons compare when they glide and take a watch how a hormone called cortisol can affect a squirrel's learning ability.

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In this month's round-up of the web's best science and technology videos: the secrets of the toucan's extraordinary bill; the sun's inaudible songs; the fiery end of an deep space explorer; robot insects, electric racers -- and worms that turn cannibal when the going gets tough. More information at www.newscientist.com

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Read more here: www.newscientist.com Linguist Daniel Everett thinks that the language of the Pirahã - an indigenous tribe from Brazil - contradicts the theory that all languages share a single, innate grammar

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A group of neuroscientists have induced out-of-body experiences for the first time, using virtual reality and an experimental set-up. Read more about it here: www.newscientist.com

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Read more: www.newscientist.com Carbon material gives more grip than gecko feet. Deepest-living fishes caught on camera for the first time. Digital zebrafish embryo provides the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate.

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Watch a monkey use mind control to feed itself: technology.newscientist.com Find out about new software that could make motion capture cheaper: technology.newscientist.com See how orchids trick male bees into having sex with them: www.newscientist.com

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Rowing teams could now beat off the competition using idealised rigs. Read more: www.newscientist.com

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This week, we look at the bizarre sexual preference of some toads, watch some mice who are not scared of their predators and find out about some toddlers who have a non-human friend.

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Find out about new space stations made of fabric, a sketching robot and the first scientific wedding.

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Find out how squid use ink to communicate, the secrets of worm grunting and why a new pill turns into a sponge when it's swallowed.

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Find out if climbing is as easy as walking for small primates: www.newscientist.com Watch some birds that can pump up water droplets with their beaks: www.newscientist.com And see what researchers are finding out about polar ice caps on Mars.

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See how animated characters can move ultra-realistically, a machine that turns your desktop into a factory, and how to control computers using gaze alone.

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See a fruit fly undergo a driving simulation, a car powered entirely by steam, and find out what makes birds sing faster.

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Find out what the sequencing of the platypus genome has revealed about this unusual animal: www.newscientist.com See how electromagnets could soon be used to keep spacecraft in formation: space.newscientist.com and watch a simulation of an exploding star.

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Find out how a robotic frog is helping researchers learn more about frog chat-up techniques: www.newscientist.com See a rubber snake that could soon be used to generate electricity: environment.newscientist.com Learn about a new technique that could make avatars more realistic: technology.newscientist.com

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See underwater life that glows red, fungi that shoot out spores with the fastest acceleration ever seen in nature and a new bus that's steered by a computer.

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Watch a new robotic arm powered by gyroscopes: technology.newscientist.com See the new Olympic Swimming Center in Beijing that was inspired by soap bubbles and footage of the hottest water on Earth: environment.newscientist.com

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Read more: www.newscientist.com For the first time, young chimps have outperformed humans at a memory test.

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Watch a robot-mongoose pair sniff out landmines: technology.newscientist.com See robots compete in the RoboCup competition : technology.newscientist.com

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Video from the New Scientist www.newscientist.com The key to touch-enabling very small devices is to use touch on the device backside. In order to study this, the authors have created the 2.4" prototype device shown in the video. They use the device to simulate 2.4", 1.2", 0.6", and 0.3" devices controlled using back-of device interaction. This worked well, while a comparable touch screen interface failed. The reason is that the user's fingers occlude screen contents on regular touch screens, but not when interacting with the device backside. The key finding of this demo is that back-of-device interaction allows making very small touch devices, such as the pendants, watches, and rings briefly shown at the end of the video. Project headed by Patrick Baudisch and Gerry Chu at Hasso Plattner Institut Berlin/Potsdam and at Microsoft Research. www.patrickbaudisch.com

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New Scientist's Catherine Brahic takes us through our most exciting video stories from the last week, including the bizarre sex life of the spiny anteater, the 2007 Space Elevator Games, and Craig Venter's commentary on the controversial statements made by DNA co-discoverer James Watson last week...

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See what happens to fruit flies when they are exposed to too much alcohol, find out how archerfish make quick decisions about capturing prey and more...

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Watch randy male fish that don't like competition from other males: www.newscientist.com Find out about a new robot that can optimally position limbs in an MRI scanner to get the best images of tissues: See how bee foraging patterns could help the police track down serial killers: www.newscientist.com

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See some birds cooperate to get a snack: www.newscientist.com Watch footage of a collapsing ice shelf in Antarctica: environment.newscientist.com Find out about a material that's surprisingly strong and check out some recent footage of NASA's new Lunar Chariot: technology.newscientist.com

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Read more: www.newscientist.com technology.newscientist.com Watch some monkeys control a robot with their brain waves, find out how bird brains may be similar to human brains, see some tricky ants and more.

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Read more: www.newscientist.com technology.newscientist.com Find out how flocks of birds interact when they fly, learn more about baboon parenting, and see a new device that could allow you to power gadgets while on the move.

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The Pitcher plant is a carnivore that uses water to make more effective insect traps.

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Find out if bees become more cautious after being attacked: www.newscientist.com See new mobile fish farm cages: technology.newscientist.com Learn about a new springy design for robotic legs:

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Follow us to an insect festival, see some ultra-realistic dinosaurs and a huge camera obscura.

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