According to New Scientist, the pair have developed a prototype door that uses a range of sensors to detect any oncoming dangers, and work in concert with an accelerometer in the door to prevent it from being opened.

ENGADGET: BMW devises smart car door that senses danger

According to the New Scientist article, some of the new strains made five times as much lycopene as the original did.

FORBES: Putting Evolution to Work

According to the New Scientist, in the early 1980s, around 40 percent of the region's reefs hosted live coral -- today it is just 2 percent.

CNN: All About: Coral Reefs

This can make a difference in urban areas: Cities during the summer season tend to be about 1 degree Celsius warmer during the day and as much as 6 degrees Celsius warmer at night, according to the New Scientist.

CNN: All About: Cities and energy consumption

At least 3m people would be killed and 1.5m seriously injured if both sides exploded just one in ten of their likely number of nuclear warheads over big cities, according to a study reported in New Scientist.

ECONOMIST: South Asia’s nuclear winter | The

According to David Fleischer, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia, the big winner in the new team (apart from Mr Malan) is Clovis Carvalho, the president's chief of staff.

ECONOMIST: Brazil: Cardoso tries again | The