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1978 in pictures: Why it was the best year so far
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-12 1:40)
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's high-school romance, the first test-tube baby and Pluto's moon are only some of the events that made 1978 a year to remember
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Biggest building in the world rivals Monaco in size
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-12 1:39)
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New Century Global Centre in Chengdu, China, is big enough to eat 20 Sydney Opera Houses with room for dessert
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Astrophile: Searing hot exoplanet is an unearthly blue
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-12 1:13)
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"Planet HD 189733b is blue, and there's nothing I can do"– not quite the David Bowie lyric, but it sums up the first exoplanet to have its colour studied
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Zoologger: Traitorous fish throw friends to the wolves
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-12 0:07)
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Confronted with a predator, a group of twospot astyanax fish will attack one of their number to leave it vulnerable
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Physics goes social: How behaviour obeys quantum logic
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-12 0:00)
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Applying the rules of quantum mechanics to psychology and economics can help us understand the brain and how people make decisions, two physicists argue (full text available to subscribers)
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Kansas州立大学ら、コムギ黒さび病菌Ug99に対する耐性遺伝子を発見
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2013-7-12 0:00)
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米Kansas州立大学は2013年6月27日、植物病理学のEduard Akhunov准教授と米California大学Davis校のJorge Dubcovsky博士が率いる研究プロジェクトにおいて、コムギに致命的な影響を与える「Ug99」と呼ばれるコムギ黒さび病菌（wheat stem rust pathogen）に対する抵抗性をコムギにもたらす遺伝子を同定したと発表した。
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For ultra-precise measures, go for nature's constants
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-11 23:00)
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The decades-long struggle to redefine seven basic units of measurement may look pointless but is vital for scientific progress
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What if your gluten intolerance is all in your head?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-11 22:33)
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For many sufferers, gluten intolerance may originate in the mind, not the body. But that's nothing to be ashamed of, says philosopher Alan Levinovitz
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Sensitive piano keys let pianists create new sounds
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-11 22:00)
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A new piano keyboard uses sensors similar to those in smartphone touchscreens to let pianists create vibrato and other effects with their fingers
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The wonder year: Why 1978 was the best year ever
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-7-11 20:00)
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Grease was the word. It was fun to stay at the YMCA. Global prosperity and well-being peaked in 1978? and has been going downhill since
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