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Secret of snake slithering found in weights and scales
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 6:00)
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The secrets of the technique that snakes use to move across smooth surfaces may have finally been pinned downimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/497dc26/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Secret of snake slithering found in weights and scaleslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17267-secret-of-snake-slithering-found-in-weights-and-scales.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Secret of snake slithering found in weights and scaleslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17267-secret-of-snake-slithering-found-in-weights-and-scales.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/ ...
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Oxidative stress may be to blame for Down's symptoms
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 6:00)
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Extreme differences in the way genes are expressed by fetuses with Down's syndrome could lead to ways to treat the condition in the wombimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/497dc27/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Oxidative stress may be to blame for Down's symptomslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17268-oxidative-stress-may-be-to-blame-for-downs-symptoms.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Oxidative stress may be to blame for Down's symptomslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17268-oxidative-stress-may-be-to-blame-for-downs-symptoms.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/t ...
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Babies understand numbers as abstract concepts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 6:00)
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Our ability to think of numbers as abstract concepts is probably innate, research with newborns suggestsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/497dc28/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Babies understand numbers as abstract conceptslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17264-babies-understand-numbers-as-abstract-concepts.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Babies understand numbers as abstract conceptslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17264-babies-understand-numbers-as-abstract-concepts.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/4 ...
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Astronomers solve mystery of 'dark' cosmic bursts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 5:39)
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Some high-energy explosions called gamma-ray bursts are not seen in visible lightndash; a new study suggests that's because they detonate in cocoons of dustimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/497dc29/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Astronomers solve mystery of 'dark' cosmic burstslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17272-astronomers-solve-mystery-of-dark-cosmic-bursts.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Astronomers solve mystery of 'dark' cosmic burstslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17272-astronomers-solve-mystery-of-dark-cosmic-bursts.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" // ...
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Japanese probe set to crash into moon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 3:29)
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After orbiting the moon for nearly two years, the Kaguya spacecraft will end its mission on Wednesday by crashing into the lunar surfaceimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49776fa/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Japanese probe set to crash into moonlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Japanese probe set to crash into moonlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084 ...
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How fire made us human
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 2:30)
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Two authors argue that taming fire, and learning to cook, led to the evolution of modern humansimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4973346/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=How fire made us humanlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.500-how-fire-made-us-human.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=How fire made us humanlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.500-how-fire-made-us-human.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084749644/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/77017926/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/4208474 ...
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'Ladybug taint' removed in boxed wine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 2:05)
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Where corks and screw tops fail, aluminium-lined cartons remove chemicals that add an unwanted "green vegetable" taste to wineimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4971957/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title='Ladybug taint' removed in boxed winelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17269-ladybug-taint-removed-in-boxed-wine.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title='Ladybug taint' removed in boxed winelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17269-ladybug-taint-removed-in-boxed-wine.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084748734/u/0/f/1 ...
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Science reinvents the economy: An economy in a computer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 0:50)
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Can we pack an entire economy, with all its complex human and political interactions, into a computer? Yes, say experts, as long as we're bold enough about itimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/496bc2c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Science reinvents the economy: An economy in a computerlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.100-science-reinvents-the-economy-an-economy-in-a-computer.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Science reinvents the economy: An economy in a computerlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.100-science-reinvents-the-economy-an-economy-in-a-computer.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedspor ...
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Probiotic bug is a frog lifesaver
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 0:45)
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A deadly fungus is spreading fast among the world's amphibians, but a protective skin bacterium offers conservationists hope of a defenceimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/496a05e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Probiotic bug is a frog lifesaverlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.300-probiotic-bug-is-a-frog-lifesaver.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Probiotic bug is a frog lifesaverlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.300-probiotic-bug-is-a-frog-lifesaver.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/420847 ...
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Sex talk wins 'science idol' competition
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 0:06)
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A Serbian molecular biologist has beaten off competition from around the world to win International FameLabndash; a kind ofiPop Idol/iof scienceimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4963e9b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Sex talk wins 'science idol' competitionlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17265-sex-talk-wins-science-idol-competition.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sex talk wins 'science idol' competitionlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17265-sex-talk-wins-science-idol-competition.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedspo ...
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