New Scientist 2016 №3086 August 13

Reed Business Information Ltd., 2016. — 60 p. — ISSN: 0262-4079New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. 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.Analysis
Rethinking water. We must change how we use our most precious resource
A creationist Ark is no place for a school trip. Soft solutions needed for the hard problems
Why gene doping should be allowed in sport
Science gets stuck in a bad place
Technology
Curbing dark desires. Batteries smooth the way for solar. Algorithm spots sarcasm. Brain-mimicking crystals sift big data
Aperture
China’s rainbow layer cake mountainsFeaturesGood for nothing. Why humans are so uniquely generous
Ocean worlds
Fungus, the bogeyman
Emmanuel de Merode and Virunga’s gorillas
Culture
World of connection. Marconi was no Einstein, but his intuition brought us radio
Tudor time capsule. Mary Rose, rebooted
Regulars
Letters. Hazards of sex and child birth
Feedback. Litter-picking CCTV cameras
The last word. People-tasting