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No.2705

Concussed, stressed or just sick of war?

·   Editorial p3

Veterans with injured minds deserve as much care as those with injured brains

·  Credit crunch is crunch time for women

Editorial p3

In uncertain times, people opt for leaders with feminine faces. So is today's recession an opportunity for women to seize control?

·   Waste gasification needs more light and less heat

Editorial p3

Why aren't environmentalists jumping for joy at a technology that turns rubbish into energy?

·   What's hot on NewScientist.com

Editorial > What's hot on NewScientist.com p3

·   China and America's climate cold war starts to thaw

News > Upfront p4

The world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, China and the US, are showing positive signs of greening

·   Dengue fever clues found in fruit fly genes

News > Upfront p4

Researchers have found 42 genes that could be targeted by drugs to treat dengue fever

·   Why Antarctic ice is growing despite global warming

News > Upfront p4

The southern ozone hole has changed weather patterns around Antarctica and cooled the air above the east part of the continent, according to new research

·   Sibling worlds may be wettest and lightest known

News > Upfront pp4-5

A planet orbiting a nearby red dwarf may be the first known water world, while its newly discovered neighbour is the lightest

·   Hysterectomy hazards, danger signal, and more

News > 60 Seconds p5

·   Earth's tribes unite against climate threats

News > Upfront p5

Indigenous peoples from as far apart as Lapland and Micronesia are meeting in Alaska this week to forge a common position on climate change

·   Obama's stem cell plans could backfire

News > Upfront p5

Scientists fear that the new stem cell regulations could actually hinder existing research

·   Wanted: Science advisor for British spy agency

News > Upfront p5

If it hadn't been for Q Branch, James Bond would have been dead long ago. But could any of New Scientist's readers fill the boots of the real-life Q?

·   Where next for NASA?

News > This Week pp6-7

The US space program is at a cross-roads: at stake is the future of the shuttle, plans to go back to the Moon and on to Mars, and more

·   'If a soldier is shot in an ambush, what if he's trying to call for help and two truckers are discussing soccer?'

News > Soundbites p8

Amateur radio operator Adinei Brochi on the increasing problem of illegal hijacking of US military transponders in Brazil

·   Dark matter ripped up early universe

News > This Week p8

A billion years after the big bang, hydrogen atoms were mysteriously torn apart. Could dark matter be the culprit?

·   Greenhouse gas could become clean fuel

News > This Week p8

A new process converts carbon dioxide into methanol, without the need for extreme temperatures and pressures

·   Viruses could kill superbugs that antibiotics can't

News > This Week p9

A virus that gobbles up a bacterium that causes persistent ear infections could be the next weapon against bacteria that have evolved resistance to antibiotics

·   Fossil seal had the feet of an otter

News > This Week p10

A fossil found in the Canadian Arctic could be the link between a primitive animal with webbed feet and the modern seal

·   War-torn countries prefer masculine leaders

News > This Week p10

People choose leaders with masculine faces in times of war and feminine faces when peace-keeping's needed – regardless of their actual gender

·   'Hidden photons' to send secret emails through Earth

News > This Week p11

If the hypothetical particles exist, we could use them to send messages straight through the centre of the planet

·   Anorexia linked to 'autistic' thinking

News > This Week p12

Both disorders involve extreme attention to detail and overly rigid thought – now researchers are trying to help anorexics with "brain training" treatments developed for autistic people

·   Did lead cause global cooling?

News > In Brief p14

Atmospheric particles containing lead might have offset the Earth's warming in the 20th century

·   How nosy mice sniff out sickness

News > In Brief p14

Certain smell receptors in mice respond to disease-related molecules produced by viruses or bacteria, researchers have discovered

·   Salt in Enceladus geyser points to liquid ocean

News > In Brief p14

Icy fountains from Saturn's moon Enceladus contain salt, meaning that there's almost certainly a sea of liquid water below its surface

·   Stay calm to stay asthma free

News > In Brief p14

Having a neurotic personality can make you three times more likely to develop adult-onset asthma

·   Ancient microbes found in Antarctica's Blood Falls

News > In Brief p15

Bacteria trapped under ice for millions of years have evolved to use the iron-rich water for energy

·   'Deep sequencing' creates stem cell guide

News > In Brief p15

A new technique may soon give researchers a lot more control over growing specialised tissues from stem cells

·   Raindrops splash before they hit the ground

News > In Brief p15

Liquid droplets splashing against a surface are actually bouncing off a tiny cushion of air, rather than the surface itself

·   Road kill tally hints at wildlife health

News > In Brief p15

Counting road kill may be an effective way to keep track of changes in local wildlife populations

·   Geoengineering could dim lights on solar power

Technology > News p17

Plans to cool the planet by creating a sunshade could cut the amount of electricity generated by solar power

·   Lip-reading computer picks out your language

Technology > News p17

A system that can tell what language someone is speaking from the shapes and movements of their mouth could lead to lip-reading computers for deaf people

·   Online ad targeting system breaches European privacy rules

Technology > News p17

Phorm's controversial plan to intercept web page requests would contravene a directive on the confidentiality of communications, the European Commission says

·   Supersticky robots prepare to follow in geckos' footsteps

Technology > Feature pp18-19

Climbing bots are nearly ready to scale walls and scamper across ceilings

·   3D adverts could appear out of thin air

Technology > Feature p19

A system that creates 3D images from balls of plasma could create advertisements and firework displays that hover in mid-air

·   Nanowire network measures cells' electrical signals

Technology > Feature p20

Electrical signals from different parts of the same cell have been recorded together for the first time – the technique could unlock the secrets of neurons and heart cells alike

·   Stacked LEDs could shine bright white light

Technology > Feature p20

Making LEDs that emit white light is a tricky business – but a new type of organic LED does it more simply

·   Science in the media: Put up or shut up

Comment and Analysis p22

If you're peeved with the way science is presented by the media, don't rant - step right up and give it a go yourself, says Kathy Sykes

·   We need to tell ET the truth about humanity

Comment and Analysis pp22-23

Our messages to aliens are more likely to get a response if we stop being so boring, argues Douglas Vakoch

·   Viewfinder: Opinions from around the world

Opinion > Viewfinder p23

The environmental roots of Somalian piracy, flotsametrics, and the answer to the vexed question: was Cleopatra hot or not?

·   Autism controversy

Letters p24

Simon Baron-Cohen complains that the media trumpeted the imminence of prenatal testing for autism based on links to prenatal testosterone levels, when in fact...

·   Growing brains

Letters p24

Caroline Williams reassures us that the placenta does a pretty good, if imperfect, job of protecting the fetus from unwanted substances, and cites a few...

·   Self-regard

Letters p24

In his review of Thomas Metzinger's The Ego Tunnel, Owen Flanagan includes Buddha in his list of figures who "endorsed" the idea that there...

·   Enigma Number 1542

Opinion > Enigma p24

·   Auraculous

Letters p25

You report that auditory rivalry was discovered in 2006 in France (14 March, p 34) but this idea has been around for at least a...

·   Depressed ME

Letters p25

Charles Shepherd asks for an objective position to be taken on the aetiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) (4 April, p 22). Why are those who...

·   ECT can work

Letters p25

Chris Callaghan wonders whether it is the anaesthetic used in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) that is responsible for any beneficial effects the treatment may have (21...

·   For the record

Letters p25

• The Dark Energy Survey will catalogue 2000 supernovae that exploded in the last 7 billion years (11 April, p 6...

·   Optical tricks

Letters p25

I found "That freaky feeling" very interesting (14 March, p 33). Though I did not try any of the tactile illusions on myself, I discovered...

·   Population control

Letters p25

Tracy Chandler (28 March, p 24) says that the way to ensure that your children don't starve to death is not to have so...

·   Sink or swim

Letters p25

According to your article "Sea level rising faster", recent measurements show the sea level rise since 1993 to be 3 millimetres per year (14 March...

·   Two fingers

Letters p25

With regard to your recent article on tactile illusions (14 March, p 33), I think I may have been the first to notice the possibility...

·   Art detectives use forensics to spot forgeries

Interview pp26-27

The art world is in uproar over a portrait claimed to be of Shakespeare, but how do you tell the masterpieces from the fakes? Peter Paul Biró and Nicholas Eastaugh explain how

·   Ape behaviour reveals secrets of human evolution

Features > Feature pp28-32

No one thing pushed our distant ancestors across the threshold of humanity. Studying our nearest living relatives provides clues that can't be found in bones and stones

·   Could your trashcan solve the energy crisis?

Features > Cover Story pp33-35

Vaporising household waste to create clean energy could solve two of humanity's biggest environmental problems at once. But is "gasification" as green as it sounds?

·   The five greatest mysteries of antimatter

Features > Feature pp36-39

Does antimatter fall up? How do you make it – and could it be used to make a bomb? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our special feature

·   Brain shock: The new Gulf War syndrome

Features > Feature pp40-43

Are the mysterious symptoms plaguing bomb-blast survivors a scary new phenomenon or simply a twist on an old problem?

·   Cosmic numbers: Pauli and Jung's love of numerology

Opinion > Books & Arts p44

Dreams and strange coincidences brought together quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychoanalyst Carl Jung, two of history's most profound thinkers

·   Paperback Picks

Opinion > Books & Arts p45

Our editors select the best in softcover reading

·   Review: Horizon: How violent are you?

Opinion > Books & Arts p45

This gripping documentary may well shock you in its exploration of our capacity for violence

·   Review: The Playful Brain by Sergio Pellis and Vivien Pellis

Opinion > Books & Arts p45

Scientists haven't done much serious work on play. Two new books aim to explain why it's so important – and complicated

·   Bangladesh: In search of fresh water

Opinion > Books & Arts p46

Photographer Munem Wasif captures the hardships caused by changing water supplies in Bangladesh

·   All hail Durham, masters of the cosmos

Feedback p64

Why Durham University rules the universe, the UK Treasury's not-so-hidden stash, and another chance to enter our Wallace and Gromit competition