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Sun-focusing satellite dish heats water on your roof
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 5:00)
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Concentrated solar power is no longer confined to the desert: soon it might be on your roof, heating your bathwater
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The mirror crack'd: Why physics is lopsided
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 4:00)
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Forget symmetry, it's asymmetry that could be the key to life, the universe and almost everything, says physicist Frank Close (full text available to subscribers)
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All-electric plane heralds future of green aviation
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 3:00)
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After last week's flight of an electric-only plane, how long before we start flying in hybrid passenger jets?
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Baboons with pig hearts pave way for human transplants
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 2:39)
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A genetic triple-whammy disguises transplanted organs to keep pig hearts alive in baboons for 600 days, and could work for other organs too
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Blue-footed boogie isn't enough for booby babies
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 2:30)
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The blue-footed booby's mating dance is an amazing image of avian romance, but populations levels are still on the decline
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Sun's fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 2:00)
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An unexpected pattern has been glimpsed in the turbulent solar wind, offering clues for handling plasmas that roil inside nuclear fusion reactors on Earth
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Pluto may be wearing a dark belt of moon dust
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 1:42)
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Sprinklings of dust from four of its moons could be raining down on Pluto, which may explain why the frigid world's equator is darker than its poles
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 1:30)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: world without god, botched execution, Earth's boring billion years, clever Neanderthals, Syrian chlorine attack and more
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Soil samples don't prove who's behind Syria gas attack
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-2 1:20)
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Syria's chemical weapons are supposed to be almost gone, yet weapons inspectors are en route to investigate new reports of gas attacks. What is going on?
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Jurassic predator had surprisingly sensitive snout
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-5-1 23:51)
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A CT scan of an exceptionally preserved pliosaur skull suggests the extinct marine predator may have used its sensitive snout to hunt its prey
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