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Today on New Scientist: 26 June 2012

Security tokens busted in a matter of minutes

Users who log in with USB-equipped security tokens could be vulnerable to attack

Evolution could generate new semiconducting structures

The proteins that help sponges generate their silica skeletons have been harnessed to form new semiconducting structures

Genes reveal grain of truth to Queen of Sheba story

About 3000 years ago, there was an influx of genes from the near East into Ethiopia - around the same time the African Queen of Sheba purportedly met King Solomon

Gridlock escape system pioneered by Ford

Paul Marks test-drives Traffic Jam Assist, the latest car-automation technology from Ford

Advice for Earthlings

A tenant's manual to inhabiting Earth, plus the physics behind magicians' tricks

Lonesome George dies but his subspecies genes survive

The last Pinta Island tortoise, rarest animal in the world and Gal?pagos icon, has died - but genes remain

Prime locations for life in our solar system

The Kepler space telescope has identified planets in other star systems that might host life. But could simple life have arisen on our galactic doorstep?

Baby's birth captured in MRI movie for the first time

Watch the first video that documents labour and delivery using a recently developed imaging technique

Virtually whack it with a responsive tennis racket

A game controller that can twist, deflect and vibrate could bring a new level of realism to video-game tennis by simulating the impact of a ball

Charisma class: How to win fans and influence people

Either you've got it or you ain't? Not any more: psychologists have distilled the key ingredients of charisma and turned it into a skill you can learn

Swine flu pandemic killed 15 times more than thought

The 2009 flu pandemic is often described as lacking a killer edge - but a new estimate suggests the virus may have taken more than 575,000 lives

Bot with boyish personality wins biggest Turing test

The largest Turing test ever performed was won by a bot pretending to be a 13-year-old boy

Banking outage gives tiny glimpse of cybergeddon

The five-day banking brownout in the UK is tiny compared to the scenarios some cybersecurity experts fear

Agent Higgs game turns real particle hunt on its head

As the world waits for more news in the hunt for the Higgs boson, a simple mobile phone game encourages players to hide, not hunt, the particle

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