First step to reducing hate crimes? Enshrine equality in law
The Orlando shooting in a gay club was the latest and most violent hate crime against the LGBT community in the US. Better laws might reduce their frequency (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet’s light
A new way of detecting exomoons circling young giant planets could be possible with the next generation of telescopes (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Budgies use grammar to find meaning in unfamiliar phrases
Humans aren’t the only grammar pedants. When played new songs, budgerigars use the underlying structure to work out what they mean (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 20, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
The alien world that’s being vaporised by a death ray
A Mercury-sized exoplanet is being blown apart like a dandelion – and magnetic hotspots on its star could make things worse (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: exoplanet solar system space Source Type: research
Win your summer reading list: Books to get you back to nature
Eight fabulous nature and natural history books are up for grabs – a prize that will keep you enthralled for months (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Subsidised egg freezing isn’t the answer to Japan’s birth rate
The solution to Japan's problem of a shrinking population isn’t publically funding egg freezing to allow delayed parenthood, says bioethicist Angel Petropanagos (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
‘Daisy-chain’ gene drive vanishes after only a few generations
Gene drives could eliminate diseases like malaria but there are fears the tech could run out of control. A new self-limiting one might solve that problem (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
WADA report shows tricks Russian athletes use to skip drug tests
Never mind high-tech chemistry, sometimes the simplest methods can stop you getting caught for sports doping – like running away from the tester (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Billion-dollar vows to save Barrier Reef are too little too late
Australia's election rivals vying to look toughest on protecting the Great Barrier Reef are just fiddling while Rome burns, warns Tim Flannery (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Wearable device for racehorses could help prevent fatal injuries
Hundreds of racehorses are killed every year. A device for monitoring performance could help trainers avoid over-exertion and spot early signs of injury (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Microbubbles open brain’s barrier to make chemo more effective
A stream of tiny bubbles and a pulse of ultrasound can open the brain's protective barrier – boosting the dose of medication that can reach brain tumours (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
How an expert witness’s say-so can make you a murderer
An expert tells the court that the chances of an event being accidental are 1 in 73 million. Convinced, the jury convicts you. What's gone wrong? (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
How an aggressive interrogation can make you a murderer
More than a quarter of those exonerated by DNA evidence have made a false confession or incriminating statement at some point. Why on earth would you do that? (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Feedback: Straight to the stars on a heterosexual space ark
Plus how to make your sweat smell of maple syrup, a unit of sexism, Americans want DNA labels, Captain Cook on the dancefloor, new primary colours and more (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Command and cure: We don’t need to edit genomes to control them
By switching genes on and off instead of changing them, there may be an easy, quick and cheap way to cure genetic problems for life (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - June 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
