Today on New Scientist: 28 February 2013

Backlash against civilian drones begins

Hide from them, shoot them down or just have them banned? Privacy fears are sparking widespread rejection of civilian drones by the US public

Virtual body double gets ill so you don't have to

Powerful simulations are allowing us to get ever closer to creating a digital human that can be used to monitor our health. But how much do we want to know?

Dark matter rival boosted by dwarf galaxies

The speeds of stars in small satellites of the Andromeda galaxy are a near-perfect fit for the predictions of a controversial theory of modified gravity

The self: Why are you like you are?

You're so vain, you probably think your self is about you, says Michael Bond. The truth is slightly more complicated

Fossil shows origin of stuffing your face

Amazing detail in fossils from a new motherlode in China has revealed the earliest known feeding limbs and the oldest nervous system beyond the head

Canine intelligence tests reveal how dogs think

Is your dog aware of physics? See how to test your pet's abilities in a series of science-based games

Leap Motion unveils contents of its own app store

The Leap gesture sensor has taken gadget reviewers by storm - the addition of an app store called Airspace to its armoury should help it no end

First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power

Brain implants have allowed rats to share information with each other through thought alone

Stem cells aboard SpaceX will seed mice back on Earth

The SpaceX Dragon capsule's mission to the space station includes a clever mouse cell experiment that investigates how years of space flight affects humans

Space miners hope to build first off-Earth economy

Private firms, research labs and governments hope to see companies mining and selling goods entirely in space within the next few decades

Bacteria defeat antibiotics they have never met before

If one simple mutation allows bacteria to resist antibiotics they've never met, diseases like TB could become untreatable once again

Quantum skyfall puts Einstein's gravity to the test

Dividing and recombining atoms as they fall down a 110-metre-high tower could help create a quantum theory of gravity

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