New Scientist 2016 №3100 November 19

Reed Business Information Ltd., 2016. — 69 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
President Trump. The surprise US election result will change the nation and the world
Fear’s primitive power led many Americans to make a risky political embrace
Technology
Social media squad hunts human rights abuses. Fingertip camera lets blind people read. Deep Mind AI learns physics. VR that makes you sickFeaturesWelcome to the future. What would happen if… we created artificial intelligence in our image, found a theory of everything, put a colony on Mars, re-engineered our DNA or turned against
science? Plus, the man who had the future insidehim
Culture
Playing politics. Do government attempts to nudge better public behavior work?
Sailors’ curse. Why scurvy was tough to nail
Take it easy! Rest is a serious business
Regulars
Letters. Excluded from uncanny valley
Old Scientist. Novembers past
Feedback. English air for £80 a pop
The Last Word. Vicious spin