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Today on New Scientist: 5 December 2011

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Hidden mountains make up Antarctica's true terrain

Revealing images show off the surprising scenery of 'the white continent'

Two biggest black holes ever found

"Supermassive" barely covers it - these holes have smashed the previous mass record of 6 billion suns, and one may weigh six times as much

Smart software to spot Formula One winner's secret

Smart software algorithms could soon be making a difference to who wins and loses in Formula One

One-Minute Math: Why you can't comb a hairy ball

Watch an animation that explains why it's mathematically impossible for hair to lie flat everywhere on a sphere

Francis Galton's novel about eugenics

Francis Galton's book Kantsaywhere was almost entirely destroyed after his death, but what remains still reveals the horrible nature of his ideas

The story behind the world's most famous drawing

Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man has inspired millions. But who inspired him?

Digital mutiny sinks piracy bill

An online revolt has forced US Congress to rethink a draconian piracy bill, but the war isn't over

Smart headset gives food a voice

Watch a device that enhances the sensation of food texture by modifying chewing sounds

Naked mole rats make deformed, sluggish sperm

Perhaps because only one male breeds at a time, the eusocial, queen-led mammals make some of the worst sperm on record

Earth in balmy 2080

What will life be like in a 2 ?C warmer world?

Earth's wild ride: Our voyage through the Milky Way

Our planet has faced many dangers on its epic journey around the galaxy. The evidence of our turbulent history might lie buried on the moon

China's consumers emit more than US for the first time

For the first time, carbon dioxide emissions from China's domestic consumption are greater than those of the US

Cancer cells poisoned with sugar

Tricking glucose-eating cancer cells into consuming poisonous sugar leaves them vulnerable to attack

'Lethal' radiation doses can be treated with drugs

A cocktail of drugs enabled around 80 per cent of mice given a lethal radiation dose to survive for at least a month

DARPA's Shredder Challenge solved two days early

A San Francisco-based team beat nearly 9000 competitors in a race to reconstruct shredded documents using software and human volunteers

Forget antibiotics, try nanoparticles instead

DARPA has called for proposals to use small interfering RNA to fight bacterial infections in troops

ESA gives up hope of contacting Mars moon probe

The European Space Agency's tracking antennas have not heard from the stalled probe since last week, and they are needed for other duties

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