Today on New Scientist
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(2014-12-16 2:00)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: how to think about computing, deep time, infinity, the big bang and probability, Lima, beyond the Turing test and more
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Radio-controlled mouse hints at new diabetes treatment
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-16 1:46)
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Mice have been genetically altered to release insulin when hit with a burst of radio waves– an approach that could lead to diabetes management minus injections
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How to think about… Mathematics
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-16 1:00)
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Mathematics has a fearsome reputation as the discipline of iron logic. But for its practitioners sometimes the best way to think clearly is to think vaguely (full text available to subscribers)
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ETH Zurich校、グリセリンから乳酸を作るプロセスを開発
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2014-12-16 0:00)
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スイス連邦工科大学Zurich校(ETH Zurich校)は2014年12月3日、Institute for Chemical and Bioengineeringに所属するKonrad Hungerbuhler教授とJavier Perez-Ramirez教授が率いる研究グループが共同で、バイオディーゼルの生産から廃棄副産物として出てくるグリセリン(glycerol)から大量の乳酸を作る環境にやさしいプロセスを開発したと発表した。
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Forget Turing? I want to test computer creativity
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-15 23:00)
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The Turing test is too easy? creativity should be the benchmark of human-like intelligence, says Mark Riedl , inventor of the Lovelace 2.0 test
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Lima talks set up climate deal for a 'bad outcome'
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-15 21:27)
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The outcome of the UN climate talks in Lima has left many people disappointed, raising questions over a climate deal next year in Paris
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Inside an internet addiction treatment centre in China
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-15 21:00)
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Some parents in China are sending kids hooked on the internet to rehabilitation centres where they are denied online access
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Wmの憂鬱、再生医療新法施行で悩ましい幹細胞の定義【日経バイオテクONLINE Vol.2172】
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2014-12-15 19:00)
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再生医療新法と改正薬事法である医薬品医療器機等法が11月26日より施行され、資生堂などが再生医療の新規事業に取り組み始めました。その中で頭を悩ませるのが、実は幹細胞の定義なのです。大学の先生にいろいろ聞いても、これが一致しない。リスクベースの規制では幹細胞かそうでないかが、リスク判定の要となっていますから、事態は混迷を深めるばかりです。
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To save animals, we must work with their culture
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-15 17:00)
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For the first time, a global treaty has recognised non-human culture. Now we must rethink how we preserve key species, says biologist Philippa Brakes
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How to think about… Probability
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-15 12:00)
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Probability is one of those things we all get wrong… deeply wrong. The important thing is not to use your intuition (full text available to subscribers)
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