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Today on New Scientist: 5 April 2013

Little ripples make syrup stringy

Ever wondered why syrup forms long strands when you pour it? It's all down to how thick it is - but not for the reasons you might think

Dino stars of Jurassic Park to remain featherless

Despite mounting evidence that many dinosaurs were feathered, the director of Jurassic Park 4 appears set on keeping them leathery

Virtual reality creates infinite maze in a single room

Your bedroom just got infinite - a VR headset and body-tracking system generates an endless virtual space within the confines of a real physical place

New flu strain's genes probed as China culls poultry

Thousands of birds have been slaughtered in Shanghai to try to contain a new H7N9 bird flu strain that may have a mutation helping it to infect mammals

Migration mystery: Who were the first Americans?

We thought we knew who first set foot in the Americas, but new evidence means the question of our last great migration is wide open again

Corals can survive warmer seas if humans don't meddle

Global warming bleaches and kills coral, but reefs can recover if their environment is pristine and free of human impacts such as pollution

Dead star's gravity warps giant neighbour's light

Watch an animation of a white dwarf bending a larger star's light, illustrating one of the first examples of the effect spotted by NASA's Kepler space telescope

Astrophile: Nude crashing stars spark radiation bursts

Earth looks safer thanks to a new model that suggests intense gamma-ray bursts stem from rare stellar collisions that can't happen in our galaxy

Feedback: Which part of 'partial zero' don't we get?

Partial zero, elephant sizing, quantum icing and more

Real life with robots in 20 and 200 years

C-3PO and the Borg inspired Illah Reza Nourbakhsh to imagine the reality of living with robots. The plausible scenarios of Robot Futures are the result

Smartphone kit keeps donated breast milk fit to drink

Donated human milk goes to babies whose HIV-positive mothers don't wish to breastfeed - now milk banks can pasteurise it with the help of an app

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