Today on New Scientist: 20 April 2012
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-21 2:07)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: new hacktivist sect emerges from Anonymous and undersea air bags store wind power
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Nearby dark-matter-free zone poses cosmic conundrum
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-21 1:55)
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A new star survey suggests a large zone around our solar system contains no dark matter– contradicting otherwise successful predictions about the history of our universe
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Flying object propels itself by flipping inside out
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-21 1:48)
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Watch a new flying band based on a mathematical design that inverts to move through the air
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Spidery star factory gets multi-wavelength makeover
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-21 0:58)
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A new multi-wavelength view of the tarantula nebula shows the X-rays released by supernova blasts as well as visible and infrared light
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Climate change will make conservation even pricier
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-21 0:05)
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If you think saving endangered species is expensive now, just wait a few decades. Climate change may double the cost of protected areas by 2100
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Astrophile: an alien sunrise just like Earth's
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-21 0:02)
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Astrophile: In the search for other Earths, the main goal is to find a planet the same size as ours in the habitable zone. We may have found a candidate sun
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New hacktivist sect emerges from Anonymous
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-20 22:33)
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MalSec has announced its intentions to fight internet censorship, but promises to keep innocent people safe this time
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Feedback: So secret it's signposted
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-20 21:41)
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How to find a secret bunker, beyond 3D cinema, greetings after your recent death, and more
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We're closing in on consciousness in the brain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-20 21:35)
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Brain "observatories" may solve the puzzle of how material brains create an intangible world of love, colour, taste and fantasy, says Christof Koch (full text available to subscribers)
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Prickly personality of Rosalind Franklin
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-4-20 20:56)
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Rosalind Franklin's sister shares family insights on the scientist who helped discover DNA. PLUS: Physics conundrums and what we'll eat in the future
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