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The woman who saved Mongolia's stolen dinosaurs
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 21:00)
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Though illegal for more than a century, looting Mongolian dinosaur fossils was commonplace? until culture minister Oyungerel Tsedevdamba stepped in (full text available to subscribers)
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Private flights may make space station more expensive
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 20:56)
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NASA will have to pay firms like SpaceX and Boeing more than it pays Russia for rides to the International Space Station, according to a new report
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Development goals 2.0: focus on premature deaths
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 18:14)
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals, in force from 2016, should focus on cutting premature deaths by tackling chronic disease, say health experts
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A paean to plants: The story of botany at Kew gardens
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 16:00)
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Some may still see it as a Cinderella science, but botany flowers magnificently in Plants: Roots to riches and the accompanying 25-part BBC Radio 4 series
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Wind causing most of temperature rise in north-west US
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 4:00)
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The north-west US has been getting hotter over the past 100 years, bringing pest infestations and wildfire. But it seems human-caused climate change isn't to blame
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Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 4:00)
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Once they were free-living bacteria, then they hijacked complex cells, now it turns out they have a hand in everything from memory and ageing to obesity (full text available to subscribers)
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Was Aristotle the inventor of science?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 3:00)
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The ancient Greek philosopher deserves our homage, and Armand Marie Leroi delivers it in his edifying and excellent book, The Lagoon
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 1:30)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: free will and brain scans, New York climate march and talks, ancient Mesopotamian pop, water quake warnings and more
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Meet Lonesome George, the face of extinction
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 1:00)
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The tortoise known as George was the last of his kind. Now he serves as a permanent reminder of what we've lost
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Ripples from dawn of creation vanish in a puff of dust
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-9-23 0:00)
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We thought the BICEP2 telescope had seen gravitational waves from the universe's creation, but the Planck spacecraft suggests cosmic dust was the source
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