New Scientist Magazine - August 30, 2008

Editor: Jeremy Webb
Publisher: Reed Business Information Ltd
Language: English
Number of Pages: 48
PDF: 3.3 MB
ISSN: 0262-4079

New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. New Scientist has maintained a website since 1996, publishing daily news. As well as covering current events and news from the scientific community, the magazine often features speculative articles, ranging from the technical to the philosophical.
It is not a peer-reviewed scientific journal, but it is widely read by both nonscientists and scientists as a way of keeping track of developments outside their own fields of study or areas of interest. Many science articles in the general press are based on its contents. The magazine also regularly includes features, news and commentary on environmental issues, such as climate change.

Based in London, New Scientist has U.S. and Australian editions as well as a British edition.

IN THIS ISSUE

A Machine to be Proud Of
Experiments don't come bolder than the Large Hadron Collider

The Right Time for Cancer Treatment
Tumors will shrink faster if drugs are given at the sweet spot in a person's circadian cycle

High Levels of Arsenic in Food-Aid Rice Drinks
Eating rice bran - a "superfood" - may increase exposure to the carcinogen arsenic