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Today on New Scientist: 16 December 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-17 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: fixing acid oceans, naked mole rats feel no pain, what's behind extreme winter weather, and more
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New taker for 'world's smallest frog' crown
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-17 2:40)
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Say hello to the smallest frog in the world - and, possibly, the smallest tetrapod
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Did Iran capture US drone by hacking its GPS signal?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-17 1:04)
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Reports today suggest that Iran may have jammed a US drone's signal and tricked it into landing at an Iranian base
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Snowmageddon: What's behind extreme winter weather
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-17 0:34)
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Is the freakishly cold weather that hit Europe and the US in the past two years a fluke or a trend, asks Michael Le Page (full text available to subscribers)
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Don't blame the usual suspect for cancer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-16 22:16)
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What if proliferation is the norm for cells? and a very different theory of cancers' cause is waiting in the wings, ask Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana M. Soto (full text available to subscribers)
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The Bollywood psych ward
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-16 21:57)
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A theatrical production brings the high drama and glitz of Bollywood into a Danish psychiatric hospital.
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Bedbugs owe their success to inbreeding
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-16 21:43)
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A genetic analysis suggests that some building-wide infestations of bedbugs may have originated from a single pregnant female
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Most chimp experiments unnecessary, says US panel
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-16 21:41)
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Outright ban in US ruled out, but bar raised for justifying experiments on chimpanzees
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Remote robots: Human-free by land, sea and air
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-16 21:18)
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Our gallery of super-secret remote-controlled vehicles include a plane that flies for five years non-stop and a captainless boat
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Hubble images celestial snow angel in 3D
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-16 19:48)
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See a stunning visualisation of a star-forming region home to a violent young star
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