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8 May 2008

Dear New Scientist Reader, welcome to the New Scientist newsletter, which this week reveals how to persuade people to do what you want, how children recover from being forced to fight in wars, and why spinach might really make your muscles grow bigger...

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David Cohen, features editor

Eight Ways To Get Exactly What You Want

Getting people to do what you want can be very handy, be it at work or at home. But why are some people more persuasive than others and what strategies really work? Did you know that mimicking someone is one of the most powerful forms of persuasion? And women are more likely to be persuaded when meeting face-to-face with someone, than over email. New Scientist lifts the lid on the science of persuasion...MORE

Why Popeye may have been right about spinach

Fuel prices hit US drivers where it hurts

Magnets help spacecraft stick together

Eye-tracking interface means gamers' looks can kill

Smart cables help bridges bounce back

Platypus genome is as weird as its looks

Sea creatures had a thing for bling

Depressed dads affect their kids' speech development

Rats feel peer pressure too

Birdwatching in stereo captures flocks in 3D

Invention: Plasma-powered flying saucer

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THIS WEEK'S PRINT EDITION

FEATURES
A Green Revolution for Africa
With prices spiralling, hundreds of millions of people don't have enough food to eat or the means to produce it. Africa's farmers need help now, says Kofi Annan

How flickering light could replace rubber bullets
A new breed of non-lethal weapon is claimed to knock you flat, yet leave no lasting injury. David Hambling investigates

Aboriginal hunters raise a stink over tainted whales
What is making the grey whales of Siberia smell so bad? Amitabh Avasthi investigates a marine mystery

Do we need to change the definition of science?
Scientific truth isn't black and white - the frontiers of knowledge are sprouting a host of ideas that are seemingly impossible to falsify, says Robert Matthews

Interview: The man who won't give up
He will be remembered as the man who tried to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Debora MacKenzie talks to Hans Blix

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