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New Scientist

Issue: 26/04/2008

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No. 2653

• Struggling to find an appetite for cloned meat
  Who wouldn't want cloned food if it was guaranteed to be the best you ever tasted? Sharon Oosthoek finds plenty of opposition
• The secret language of cuttlefish
  Not content with being masters of camouflage, cuttlefish have a sophisticated system for communicating on the sly, reveals Michael Brooks
• Illegal drug labs leave toxic legacy
  Buying a new property? Double-check its past, or you could be in for a nasty surprise, warns Peter Aldhous
• Shape-shifting robots take form
  If you want a material that will morph into any shape you like, try making it out of millions of tiny robots, says Jeff Hecht

• This Week

  • Fruit flies trade lifespan for brain power
  • Megaquake set to strike within a decade
  • Early life could have relied on 'arsenic DNA'
  • Rising nations face 'back door' emissions limits
  • Blood transfusions found to harm some patients
  • Were Mesopotamians the first brand addicts?
  • Physicists respond to dark matter 'discovery'
  • Arctic currents may be warming the world
  • Memories of your last meal can help you stay thin