How bugs control your mind

This week's top stories  How bugs control your mind Can moods be infectious? As Linda Geddes's lead story this week investigates, there's mounting evidence that our minds are intimately connected with our immune systems – so happiness really can be catching. Also this week: Jo Marchant goes in search of the truth about Tutankhamun's death, Anil Ananthaswamy casts a critical eye over the current state of climate modelling and we reveal how alien invasions could save the Earth (OK, OK – the aliens aren't from outer space). And Andy Coghlan investigates a Nobel laureate's explosive claims that DNA can be generated from its "quantum imprint". Sumit Paul-Choudhury, editor, NewScientist.com	Image by Jimmy Turnball
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New Scientist TV  The riddle of the Neanderthal nose This week on New Scientist TV, we've raised the dead – twice.What might be the first episode of CSI: Neanderthal focuses on the noses of our extinct cousins and the mystery of why they were so big. And many millions of years further back, we see the first sight of a pint-sized early dinosaur recently found in Argentina. Add to that Google's godsend for Sudoku cheats, a guide to living life as a game and high-speed icicles. For all this and more, log on to theNew Scientist TV blog.