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Today on New Scientist: 16 January 2012

Myanmar snub-nosed monkey caught on camera

Researchers in Burma have captured the first images of live Myanmar snub-nosed monkeys

Touching the crocheted clouds

Inspired by fog nets that harvest water in the desert, architect Ciro Najle used crochet to capture the complex nature of clouds.

How stable are cruise ships like the Costa Concordia?

After the Costa Concordia keeled over so quickly, questions are being asked about the safety of giant cruise ships

Robotic rover uses tail to land like a lizard

Watch a robot mimic the way a lizard uses its tail to execute a stable landing

Not for the faint hearted - science stand-up

Our blogger finds a novel way to conquer her fear of presenting

Remember Scott's legacy of Antarctic science

Scott's reputation as an explorer has taken a battering in recent years, but he deserves reappraisal for his dedication to science, says Anil Ananthaswamy

Last year costliest on record for natural disasters

Earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand contributed to the costliest year for natural disasters since records began 30 years ago

Make drug-driving illegal, but prevention is better

Setting limits for drug-driving may prove tricky. A total ban, plus anti-drug campaigns for children, looks like the best solution, says Duncan Vernon

Wristband plugs you into smart buildings

Packed with environmental sensors, an unobtrusive wristband will help you keep comfortable indoors - and could do much else besides

Superstuff: When quantum goes big

In the coldest labs in the universe, bucketfuls of liquid flow uphill and solids pass through one another. Michael Brooks enters the quantum looking-glass

Doomed Phobos probe smashes into Pacific Ocean

Intended for a Martian moon, the hobbled Phobos-Grunt probe is the latest in a series of Russian spacecraft to run into problems

Ten books to look out for in 2012

Whether you want to know about black holes, the brain, genes or imagination, there's one for you in our list of books we can't wait to read this year

UK politicians say take two alcohol-free days a week

People should give their liver a chance to recover by not drinking alcohol for two days each week, suggests a new report

Carbon dioxide encourages risky behaviour in clownfish

Fish took many more risks than normal after they were reared in water with the concentrations of carbon dioxide that are expected in the oceans by 2100

Loud-mouthed Wi-Fi devices could use sound to connect

Wireless TVs, speakers and other consumer devices may one day automatically connect to your home router using audible bleeps

Budgies find yawns irresistible too

The highly social budgerigars are the latest animals to join the contagious yawning club

MS damage washed away by stream of young blood

Pumping youthful blood through ageing mice with nerve-cell sheath damage helps to reverse the process of multiple sclerosis

Mystery of the moving Antarctic lakes

This group of 11 lakes moves nearly half a kilometre a year, seemingly independently of the ice shelf they sit on

CES: High-tech scales zero in on fat

Dozens of futuristic scales - some of them outfitted to beam your weight to your television - may soon help you lose the flab

What are the risks from Phobos probe's downfall?

Any day now, Russia's ill-fated Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere, fully fuelled

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