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Summary of Magazines
Weekly, 11th ed.
Updated on Jan. 18, 2016
1. Your Quantum Brain: A Bit in Two Minds
• Does weird physics control our thoughts?
• Maintaining quantum effects in the warm, wet brain should be impossible.
• The idea that the brain is too messy for quantum effects is simple-minded.
2. Gene-editing Revolution: The Life Editor
• Biology is undergoing a revolution and gene-editing technique that is changing everything.
• Gene-editing could transform life, but we need to discuss the ethics of how it is used.
3. Bugged Out
• We can’t avoid computer glitches – so here’s how to live with them.
• Stamping out software glitches is an increasingly impossible task.
• At $370 million, the Ariane 5 bug was one of the most costly in history.
4. Gender Brain Myth Busted
• There is no such thing as a male or female brain.
• The study gives biological support to something we’ve known for some time – gender isn’t binary.
5. Crouching Caver: Hidden Dragon
• The editor goes in search of a strange subterranean predator long mistaken for a mythical beast.
6. Other Interesting Topics…
• Dark Quarks – New guise for missing cosmic matter
• Twitch Control – Noise of muscles guides cyborg hand
• End of HIV? – Pre-sex pill could eradicate virus in a decade
Vol.228, No.3050, December, 2015
1. Special Issue: Get Smarter – Science You Need To Navigate The World
• Science has given us much to marvel at, from Newton’s universal law of gravitation to Darwin’s evolution.
• Beyond these great and grand theories, however, there is another canon of knowledge.
• Grasp these ideas and they can help us lead better, happier and smarter lives.
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Cognitive Bias – Evolution has made our brains irrational.
Statistics – Don’t believe every number you need.
Placebo Effects – Harness the power of positive thinking.
Probability – Coincidences are more common than you think.
Exponential Growth – The mathematical law that can make break you.
Game Theory – The science of strategic thinking.
Hidden Energy – Say goodbye to greenwash.
Internet Architecture – Where your data goes determines how much you can hide.
Epigenetics – Your life style can change your genes.
1. Frozen Kingdom: The Lost World Under Antarctica's Ice
• At last, we’re glimpsing the pulsating landscape under Antarctica’s frozen blanket.
• Deep beneath the ice, they found fish and even netted shrimp-like amphipods.
2. Gene-editing Gets the Nod: Green Light For Edited Embryos
• World’s leading geneticists decide to allow gene editing of human embryos.
• App comrades unite – Software as boss
• Interview – The man behind Facebook’s artificial mind, Yann LeCun
1. Special Issue: Happy Holiday Reading
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Perfect pets – Our furry friends bring cheer and companionship – But which ones steal the show?
Scary tales – What’s behind the enduring appeal of fairy stories.
When owls go south – What happens when a blizzard of Arctic owls takes a holidayIll.
Ill communication – Language is so powerful it can even make you sick.
Clearing the air – Is it really better our than in?
Fast and furious – The adrenaline-fuelled world of drone racing.
Fully loaded– What’s the best way to win at dishwasher Tetris?
God vs the multiverse – A controversy that has been raging for thousands of years.
Grooming marvellous – Peek beard?
Brie encounter – Do right-time terrors lurk in our fridges?
The universe, decanted – The history of stargazing owes a lot to high-end tableware.
Electric discharge – Our electricity grids are facing an all-out avian bombardment.
Gratuitous – Why do we persist in tipping?
Beer of champions – Making good larger is usually left to the professionals.
2. 2016 News Preview
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Bionic eyes – Brain implants to restore vision.
Drones soar – Chaos in the skies?
Infinite playground – No Man’s Sky will let you explore forever.
Elixir of life – Young blood to turn back time.
Superhuman memory – The quest to create minds that never forget.
Gene-editing revolution – Will the first designer baby be born next year?
Return to Jupiter – We’re going back for a closer look
US election cheat sheet – Inside the race for the White House.
Extreme Weather Warning – Brace yourself for a triple whammy.
Ride the Hyperloop – First test of super-speed pod transport.
Vol.228, No.3052/3, December, 2015
1. Airpocalypse Now
• Concern about pollution is finally pushing China to act on climate change. slowly.
• The time line China has committed to is not a binding target.
• Last year, China approved plans to build 155 new coal-fired power plants by 2020.
2. When the Cows Come Home: The Life Editor
• From toothpaste to toilet paper, shortages are common in Cuba.
• But, as the country warns to capitalism – and the U.S. – that many change. A prime example - Beef.
3. Cesspool of Dreams
• An effort to restore the most polluted water in America says plenty about that we have done to cities in the past
- what we hope to do to them now.
• It tasted like mud, poop, ground-up grass and gasoline, said an environmental activist.
4. Never Say Nimmer
• Two brothers plan to turn Berlin’s filthy Spree Canal into a giant swimming pool.
• It’s the only project which at that scale really changes the river.
5. Auto’s H-Bomb:
• Japan’s largest automakers are betting big on an unproven technology.
• But, are hydrogen fuel cell cars the future or just hype?
• Humans bite back – Genetically modified mosquitoes to be malaria-resistant
• Last stop on the camel train – Egyptians don’t like camel meat anymore
1. The Other Side of the Sexual Assault Crisis
• Allegations of sexual assault on campus are at record levels, as are lawsuits from the accused claiming schools
are overzealous and discriminate against them based on gender.
• New findings reaffirm the statistic that 1 in 4 or 5 college women is a victim of a sexual assault.
2. The Good Wife
• Will Prince Charles risk making Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, his queen?
• The Duchess will never be, and has never tried to be, a second Diana.
3. The Smart Tat
• “Tech Tattoos” could change how we monitor our steps and vital signs – and even pay for a cup of coffee.
4. The World’s Most Underestimated Disease
• A bacterial infection is killing millions and growing stronger by the day.
• So, why aren’t we rushing to stop it?
5. Ice, Ice Baby
• Meet the hyperactive former punk behind Iceland Airwaves, one of the most respected music festival in the world.
• Much of Airwave’s hectic atmosphere stems from its hundreds of “off-venue” concerts, or unofficial shows.
• Just flee like mine! – NBA fans can’t wait for June, Kobe Bryant
• Just say Roe – China is becoming a major player in luxe comestibles
• Warhol's immortal sole – Berluti, the fabled Paris-based shoemaker
1. America’s Abortion Wars
• Extremists on both sides of the abortion battle are hypocritical and ignoring an easy – and moral – solution.
• Either 5 babies will die or 10,000 future humans will be destroyed. Which do you choose?
• Making abortions illegal or more difficult to obtain will not decrease the number of terminated pregnancies.
2. The Abandoned House Cats of Aleppo
• Who saves the animals suffering and dying in Syria’s war zone?
• Some Syrian refugees have walked over 300 miles with their dogs or taken kittens aboard rafts bound for Greece.
3. Star Wars Class Wars
• Will Mars become an escape hatch for the 1 percent?
4. We Need To Talk About Barbie
• There’s more than cybersecurity at risk when a doll records a kid’s playtime.
• The hackers’ digital haul contained thousands of pictures of the children and their parents.
5. Youth Must Not Be Served
• Big Pharma is reluctant to test a cheap, generic diabetes pill that could be the foundation of youth.
• There’s little agreement in the scientific community on what biomarkers are quantifiably associated with aging.
• Holy land smokes – How Israel became America’s offshore marijuana research facility
• Dog days of science – Puppies were born using in vitro fertilization
• The other war on Christmas – Some of the worst holiday movies
1. A New Hope: Very Soon, Right Here in the Milky Way
• In The Force Awakens, which hits theatres Dec. 18, J.J. Abrams gives new life to that old Star Wars magic.
• How J.J. Abrams brought back Star Wars using puppets, greebles and Yak hair?
• You look at Star Wars and you realize they got away with painted plywood.
2. Hitting a Wall: Modi Needs His Mojo
• A key election loss and public concern about intolerance have dented the momentum of Indian leader.
• How the Indian leader can get his bold plans for his country back on track after a setback.
3. The Climate Contest: Understanding the Climate Negotiations
• Inside the confusing alliances and battle lines at the major U.N. climate summit in Paris.
4. Movie: In the Heart of the Sea
• Vintage valor from a whale tale that’s no fluke.
• A vengeful whale inspires awe and terror in Howard’s unfashionable but gallant film.
5. Where Do People Still Hunt Wales?
• People still hunt whales in Alaska, Norway and two other countries, Iceland and Greenland.
• Syrian refugees in the U.S. feel a backlash
• The fallacy of ‘free speech’
• 9 Questions to Tiger Woods
1. 2015 Person of the Year: No. 1 Angela Merkel
• Fairy tales are where you find them, but any number seem to begin in the dark German woods
where she spent her childhood.
• In her 10th year in office, Markel continues to try to strengthen the European Union.
2. 2015 Person of the Year: No. 2 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• ISIS’s leader loosed terror worldwide.
• The head of ISIS exports extreme violence and radical beliefs around the globe.
3. 2015 Person of the Year: No. 3 Donald Trump
• He redefined the rules of U.S. politics.
• He blew open the Republican presidential primary – and the Republican Party.
4. 2015 Person of the Year: No. 4 Black Lives Matter
• Out of police brutality, a new civil rights movement.
• A new civil rights movement is turning a protest cry into a political force.
5. 2015 Person of the Year: No. 5 Hassan Rouhani
• The man who brought Iran to the negotiating table.
• 2015 In Brief – The year in quotes, the year in moments, highs & lows, firsts & lasts, etc.
• The best of culture – movies, books, and music
Vol.186, No.25-26, December, 2015
1. The Year Ahead: Power
• Homeland security, ISIS and the fight against fear.
• Growing pains for the LGBT march.
• The young gun gets the gavel – Paul Ryan.
2. The Year Ahead: Sports
• Stephen Curry and the greatest show on earth...
• The Summer Games: Road to the olympics.
3. The Year Ahead: Invention
• How Microsoft got its groove back – and what’s next.
• Riccardo Tisci, Master of mood – How the pied piper of rebel chic keeps the house of Givenchy trending.
4. The Year Ahead: Culture
• Adele is music’s past, present and future.
• Move over; Millennials.
5. The Year Ahead: Health
• The new food rules – a simpler, saner way to eat is here.
• The absence of international leadership will shape a tumultuous 2016
• Human rights – the refugees flow won’t stop in 2016
• How Ted Cruz is winning the GOP race.
Vol.186, No.27-28, December, 2015
1. Ensemble, pour le climat: C’est quoi, la COP21?
• Le grande conférence mondiale sur le climat commence le lundi 30 novembre.
• COP, pour Conférence des Parties qui sont les différents pays qui sont souhaitent s’engager
pour le climat.
2. La charte de la laïcité à l’école
• La France est une république laïque.
• L’école est laïque.
3. C’est quoi, cet “objectif 2°C” pour la planète?
• C’est le objectif de la COP21.
• Limiter la température de la Terre à 2 °C.
4. Une heroïne nommée Diesel
• La chienne Diesel faisait partie du Raid, la brigade d’élite de la police.
• Elle a été tuée lors de l’opération antiterroriste, le 18 novembre.
5. Autres sujets intéressants
• Making of des “2 °C”
• Hommage national à Paris
• La saga Star Wars
No.93, novembre, 2015
1. On vote dans la régions: Pourquoi importantes?
• Qui peut voter? Qui va être élu?
• Les Français vont élire leurs conseillers régionaux, les 6 et 13 décembre.
• Des élections pas comme les autres.
2. Découvre la France aux 13 régions
• Pourquoi 13 régions au lieu de 22?
• À quoi servent les régions?
3. C’set quoi le changement climatique?
• Les dirigeants des pays du monde sont à Paris cette semaine, pour la COP21, la conférence
sur le climat.
• Pour stopper cette évolution, il faut vite réduire la pollution… en changeant nos modes de vie.
4. Une baleine échouée à Paris?
• Reproduire fidélement une baleine bleue et l’installer le long de la Seine, à Paris.
• C’est une mise en scène.
• Dea livres pour tous les goûts
• Campion du monde! – Rubik’s Cube
• Les élections en questions
No.94, decembre, 2015
1. Star Wars L’aventure continue
• La célèbre saga compte 7 films et le dernier, Le Réveil de la Force, sort cette semaine au cinéma.
• Explore l’univers de Star Wars. Un phénomène mondial, tu découvriras.
• Pour l’histoire, tu te passionneras.
2. C’est quoi, le Front national?
• Le second tour des élections régionales a lieu dimanch 13 décembre.
• Lors du premier tour, jamais autant de Français n’ont voté pour le Front national.
3. Jamais sans mon p’tit déj!
• 1 écolier sur 7 ne prend pas de petit déjeuner.
• Pourquoi, à quoi sert le petit déjeuner?
4. COP21 : il y a urgence à se mettre d’accord
• Le Panthéon est l’un des monuments les plus importants de Paris.
• Depuis le 3 décembre, 12 blocs de glace se dressent devant le Panthéon.
• Au cinéma cette semaine.
• Les Français, stars de bodyboard.
• Les mystères de Toutankhamon.
1. En route pour Noël! Combien de cadeaux pour Noël?
• Top 3 des cadeaux stars de Noël 2015.
• Noël en novembre?
• Les meilleures cachettes à cadeaux.
2. Ils ont trouvé un accord sur le climat
• La COP21 s’est achevée samedi 12 décembre.
• C’est l’ONU, l’Organisation des Nations unies, qui l’organisait en France.
3. Comment fabrique-t-on le chocolat?
• À Noël, on rêve tous de chocolat!
• Alors, suis-nous jusque sous les Tropiques, là où pousse le cacaoyer.
4. Les infos chiffrées D’1jour1actu
• C’est les vacances! La rédaction te propose de savourer des infos étonnantes, apparues ces
deux derniers dans l’actu..
• 6 heures, 240 grammes, 4 jours, 9 ans, etc.
• Même le père Noël a voté!
• Y a quoi à la télé pendant les vacances?
• Astronaute, ça te tente?
1. 2016, Tous écolos!
• L’année 2015 s’est finie sur de belles promesses.
• Presque tous les pays du monde se sont engagés à limiter la pollution.
2. Drapeau : des couleurs qui en dissent long
• Les symboles de la République.
• Toute une histoire, le langage du drapeau, pourquoi on en parle?
• Quels pays se cachent derrière quels drapeaux?
3. Bonne nouvelles pour le planète
• Quatre infos écolos qui montrent que la France démarre l’année 2016.
• Des sacs plus bios, Des poubelles moins pleines, Des jardins plus verts, et Des quirlandes
moins gourmandes.
4. Pas d’armes sous le sapin?
• Arrêtons de faire la guerre, même si c’est pour faire semblant.
• Bref, les armes ne sont pas de la fête, de Noël!
• Bain de Noël!
• Amazonia
• Quoi de neuf à la télé?

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