New Scientist - USA (2019-12-21)

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 39 Sure enough, the chief says, today, he wants to talk about the “intolerable” conduct of ...

40 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 Liu Wei says, glancing at the network switch at a corner of the office. The office netw ...

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 41 punishment. Love elevates me, an extremely selfish man, to lofty heights. Jian Jian spe ...

42 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 Editor’s pick We need to teach and promote the joy of failure 9 November, p 31 From Rob ...

Features Don’t phub around Why looking at your phone is a small talk- killing snub p44 Octoplurals -puses, -podes or -pi? We arm ...

44 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 C ONVERSATION should be like juggling,” wrote Evelyn Waugh in Brideshead Revisited. “Up ...

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 45 have something to hide or are less trustworthy. Unless you and your conversation partne ...

46 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 emotional responsiveness and care for the other person,” says Huang. By increasing your ...

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 47 Available for download at: newscientist.com/peel-art Appealing peels To help you celebr ...

48 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 CHRISTMAS TREE The method is identical for all three designs. First, lightly draw eight ...

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52 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 I N THE late 1960s, Aradio Rodaniche was diving off the coast of Nicaragua when he made ...

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 53 of this species interact in repeated, complex ways, further eroding the generalisation ...

54 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 The cosmos is home to some truly rogue stars. Stuart Clark introduces the most outlandi ...

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 55 > of Przybylski’s star, the sheer number of lines makes it difficult to identify any ...

56 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 Stuart Clark is a freelance writer based in Hertfordshire, UK. He is an ageing star who ...

21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 57 Oman’s desert is a hotspot of Boswellia trees, which are tapped for frankincense “ Fran ...

58 | New Scientist | 21/28 December 2019 and toothpaste to food and drink flavouring. Boswellia habitats have been under pressur ...