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Today on New Scientist: 31 October 2012


Superbright star explosion is most distant known

A massive star that burst 1.5 billion years after the big bang may guide astronomers hunting for the first generation of stars

Flea-like robot takes giant leap in bot locomotion

A tiny robot inspired by fleas can fling itself 30 times its body length - a leap forward in the attempt to get small bots to move a long way in a hurry

UV exposure isn't the only worry for red-heads

The pigment that makes hair red hair may increase risk of skin cancer in fair skin, even if you stay out of the sun

Polystyrene atoms could surpass the real deal

Microscopic polystyrene spheres have bonded using the same geometries as real molecules. One day they could be used to build novel materials

Abdominal porthole reveals how tumours come together

The way in which cancer cells spread to new sites has been glimpsed through glass windows implanted in the sides of mice

Are Europe's ash trees finished?

A fungus that kills ash trees has reached the UK. New Scientist investigates where it came from and what can be done to stop it

Frankenoctopus unveils novel shape-shifting arms

Watch the world's first entirely soft robot as it crawls underwater and picks up objects

Will tech savvy guideline limit 'booth babes' at CES?

Will the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas present a more positive image of women?

Astrophile: Born-again star faked its death scene

A flashy display seemed to mark a dying star's rare rebirth, but a closer look shows that the outburst actually came from a hidden partner

We must heed the warnings from superstorm Sandy


Costing the Earth: The value of pricing the planet

Ecology and economics don't always see eye to eye, but uniting them may be the only way to protect the natural world, says Fred Pearce

Galaxies could give glimpse of the instant time began

Quantum fluctuations stretched out in the universe's first moments may still be detectable in the pattern of galactic clusters today

Crowdsourcing a cure for my brain cancer

Digital artist Salvatore Iaconesi hacked his medical records to put them online in a global search for the best treatments

Prehistoric Transylvanian mammal had blood-red teeth

Just in time for Halloween, we bring you Barbatodon transylvanicus, a mammal that scurried beneath the feet of dinosaurs and had blood-red tooth enamel

Flying fish fossils hint at ancient evolution

New fossils found in China show that flying fish were evading predators millions of years earlier than we thought

Brain circuits run their own clocks

How fast neurons work seems to determine how we perceive time, and could hint at how things go wrong in stressful situations

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