![European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction [nové okno]](/design/plain/images/left_top_menu/emcdda.gif)
![Rada vlády pro koordinaci protidrogové politiky [nové okno]](/design/plain/images/left_top_menu/rvkpp.gif)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
drogy-info.cz / Novinky odjinud / New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol
New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol
Explosions cause brain damage through head movement
Brain trauma from explosions often experienced by soldiers are caused by sudden head movements rather than high-pressure shockwaves
|
|
|
Best illusions of 2012: Making Brad Pitt look ugly
See how a finalist in this year's illusion contest can make pretty faces look grotesque
|
|
|
Win tickets to How The Light Gets In Festival
Enter our competition to win a pair of tickets for this hidden gem of a philosophy and music festival called How The Light Gets In
|
|
|
Biological clock began ticking 2.5 billion years ago
An enzyme found in nearly all forms of life runs on a 24-hour clock and dates back to a pivotal moment in evolution
|
|
|
Today on New Scientist: 16 May 2012
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: interactive "wallpaper" screens are the future of TV and pulsar heavyweight champ challenges Einstein
|
|
|
Brain-controlled arm could beat paralysis
A paralysed woman sipping a cup of coffee with a robotic arm becomes the first human to use their brain signals to manipulate a real-world object
|
|
|
Amber reveals earliest example of pollinating insects
A piece of Cretaceous amber found in Spain gives a glimpse into how the relationship between plants and insects first evolved
|
|
|
Chatbots fail to convince despite Loebner Prize win
Yesterday's Loebner prize to identify the best chatbots was another fun occasion – but even the winner didn't come close to convincing judges it was human
|
|
|
Pulsar heavyweight champ challenges Einstein
A pulsar with twice the sun's mass could challenge Einstein's theory of general relativity: but such a dense object is near impossible, according to his work
|
|
|
The moral uncertainty of a P = NP world
Four mathematicians have the potential to do more damage than James Bond as they waver over releasing a proof that can help break secret codes in this thriller
|
|
|
Interactive 'wallpaper' screens are the future of TV
Wall-sized, total-immersion screens will go beyond today's power-hungry flat screens and change how you watch TV
|
|
|
The ancient American bones at centre of two lawsuits
The future remains uncertain for the 9000-year-old remains of two Americans found beneath the University of California in San Diego in 2006
|
|
|
Making perfumes past and present
Perfumery is an ancient industry, its techniques refined over centuries and ingredients found in unlikely places – find out more in our gallery
|
|
|
Chikungunya virus loves warm New York winters
A mosquito-borne virus that causes debilitating joint pain could become endemic in New York City within years as winters get warmer
|
|
|
Wikipedia busts the language barrier
Ever read about UFOs in Spanish or Hebrew? Omnipedia software lets Wikipedia users browse topics in 25 languages, and get a foreign cultural perspective
|
|
|
Google Glasses won't live up to the hype
Google says the prototype version of its augmented-reality glasses can only display information in a small window above the wearer's usual line of sight
|
|
|
'Nobody is exempt from climate responsibility'
Could Christiana Figueres have the world's toughest job: getting all nations to agree how to tackle climate change? We talk to the UN's climate chief
|
|
|
The power of cool: Whatever became of Starlite?
Two decades ago, Maurice Ward invented a fireproof substance that outperformed all known materials. Why wouldn't he reveal its secret, asks Richard Fisher (full text available to subscribers)
|
|
|
Today on New Scientist: 15 May 2012
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the allure of sweat, when poetry meets medicine and tweeting while Rome burns
|
|
|
Teleportation record heralds secure global network
A quantum property called entanglement has been used to teleport a quantum state 97 kilometres, smashing the previous record
|
|
|
1.3 billion people rely on forests to survive
One-seventh of the world's people depend on forests to survive – now the UN has adopted voluntary guidelines to protect their land rights
|
|
|
Say what? Even everyday sounds can damage hearing
Sounds as seemingly innocuous as the whir of a desk fan were enough to damage rats' hearing
|
|
|
Social media and business: Tweeting while Rome burns?
A survey shows businesses are expecting a lot from their adoption of social networking technologies – but are actually doing any good?
|
|
|
Best illusion of 2012: Floating star drifts into final
Watch the water swirl and experience how the phenomenon of periphery drift can cause us to perceive movement where there is none
|
|
|
Best illusion of 2012: The disappearing hand trick
Watch a new illusion that tricks people into thinking their own hand has disappeared
|
|
|
Beyond Kinect: Gestural computer spells keyboard death
Systems that detect motion through electromagnetic fields means you won't have to touch a computer to control it
|
|
|
Balm for the soul: When poetry meets medicine
The fundamentals of life and death in verse – we learn how poetry can heal patients and doctors alike
|
|
|
Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling?
If we must open the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas development we should at least do it in a way that doesn't harm wildlife, but the signs don't look good, says Henry Huntington
|
|
|
Eau de BO: The allure of sweat
Is the perfume industry looking for fragrances in the wrong place? The most seductive scents might come from ourselves (full text available to subscribers)
|
|
|
Imaging HIV in infected cells reveals viral tactics
HIV's method of infecting cells has been visualised in greater detail than ever before, and could lead to ways to target the virus
|
|
|
Today on New Scientist: 14 May 2012
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the Majorana particle mystery, engineering lifelong romance and gadgets that work under your skin
|
|
|
Dust rings not 'smoking gun' for planets after all
Sharp-edged rings of dust around stars are not necessarily carved by planets, as was thought, but can take shape on their own
|
|
|
KERS comes under the microscope after F1 blaze
Did a fire that engulfed a Formula 1 garage start with a spark from the Kinetic Energy Recovery System?
|
|
|
Bioluminescent bloom makes beach a magical minefield
A bloom of bioluminescent plankton on a Maldive beach: it doesn't get much better than this
|
|
|
Gadgets work under your skin – but are you ready?
Everyday electronics have been implanted into human tissue, and they still worked. Soon we could become one with our electronics – if we can stomach it
|
|
|
Evening Star's rare path across the sun
With the last transit of Venus of the 21st century weeks away, authors trace how this rare event sparked international scientific collaboration in 1761
|
|
|
Love machine: Engineering lifelong romance
Divorce makes it look like we're outliving our capacity to love. But chemical tweaks might help keep love alive, say Julian Savulescu and Anders Sandberg (full text available to subscribers)
|
|
|
DIY circuit turns your alphabet soup into a keyboard
An easy-to-use kit lets you turn anything into a computer key or mouse click – even food
|
|
|
Truth of the matter: The Majorana particle mystery
Can a single entity be matter and antimatter at the same time? It looks like it, say Michael Brooks and Richard Webb (full text available to subscribers)
|
|
|
'Solar panel' eye implant promises sight without wires
Tiny panels implanted in the eye could restore vision to the blind without the need for external power sources
|
|
|