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Today on New Scientist: 23 April 2013

'Big Brother' applicants wanted for one-way Mars trip
The Mars One project has officially opened its application process for wannabe astronauts willing to go on a televised mission to the Red Planet

Sichuan quake highlights threat to China's dams
Quakes and large-scale engineering projects are entwined ? tremors damage dams, but building reservoirs may in turn make areas more quake-prone

Beautiful bug biscuits to tempt the squeamish
You may not eat insects now, but if they looked as attractive as they are nutritious, would you join the 80 per cent of the world's population that does?

3D printer makes tiniest human liver everMovie Camera
A new video shows slivers of tissue that mimic human livers to improve drug testing ? they bring lab-grown organs for transplant a step closer too

Nano-sized protractor measures molecule movement
Add this to your tiny pencil case ? a measuring tool made of gold might help us see how DNA moves as it replicates

Radioactive bacteria nuke pancreatic cancer in mice
"Dirty bombs" strapped to listeria bacteria cleared tumours in mice with the most lethal human cancer

Space oddity: Putting quantum weirdness into orbitMovie Camera
What happens when our two greatest theories of reality meet? Soon quantum theory and relativity could be slugging it out above our heads

Investigators seek trigger for Texas blast
A huge cloud of ammonia vented from the fertiliser plant in West, Texas, is one theory for what caused last week's fatal explosion

We can save Iraq's 'Garden of Eden'
Engineer Azzam Alwash is intent on restoring the fabled Mesopotamian marshes in southern Iraq that Saddam Hussein tried to wreck

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