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Today on New Scientist: 27 April 2012

Ancient burial chamber revealed

A laser-scanning project has revealed what's hidden inside Maeshowe, the 5000-year-old tomb in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland

Strange fat explains skin's waterproof properties

The fat molecules in skin have a unique arrangement that forms an impermeable layer. Finding ways to break through could improve drug delivery

Epigenetic changes linked with ageing

Some of the genetic changes associated with ageing may be the result of epigenetics - which suggests they could be reversed

Pigeon brain's global positioning system located

We may not know how birds detect the magnetic fields that help them navigate, but we have now identified where in the brain the signals are processed

Cells reprogrammed to mend a broken heart

Damaged heart cells can be transformed into healthy beating muscle cells that could help treat a heart attack

Roughnecks in space: Moon mining in science fiction

What's a science fiction writer to do in a solar system full of inhospitable planets? Find out in our round-up of off-world mining colonies

Friday Illusion: Upright balance beam seems to tilt

See how visual cues can make parallel lines look skewed

Evolution re-run test to probe life's predictability

A 500-million-year-old bacterial protein has been resurrected to test whether it would evolve in a similar way given a second chance

How to win a Nobel for someone else's work

Claiming credit for scientific breakthroughs. PLUS: cartoon treatment of quackery, remembering Mars successes and the new subconscious

Feedback: Do hairpieces reduce vitamin D?

Why comb-overs could damage your health, how many 5-minute walks would cross the English Channel, hydrogen-rich water, and more

Is it a bird? Is it a dinosaur?

Remarkable fossil finds in China seemed to have settled a long-running argument once and for all - birds really do represent the last living dinosaur. But do they?

Super-accurate atomic clock sets time travel record

The clock's tick traversed an optical fibre 900 km long, paving the way for a network of synched clocks that could test Einstein's theory of gravity

Crowdsourced piano-playing lets you choose the tune

An experiment in "collaborative improvisation" at MIT's Media Lab lets online listeners choose what direction the music should take

Technicolour jelly lets you cook up an edible piano

Watch how jelly shapes can be played like musical instruments when placed on a smart surface

Analytical thinking erodes belief in God

Our intuitive thought processes, which underpin supernatural beliefs, can be overcome by thinking analytically

Astrophile: Mars coils hold with those who favour fire

Spirals newly glimpsed on the floor of a Martian valley settle a poetic debate over whether the valley was carved by fiery lava, or ice

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