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Rover scientist: Why I'm spending 13 days underwater
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-15 6:19)
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Steve Squyres, lead scientist for NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, will become an "aquanaut" to help pave the way for a future asteroid mission
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Astrophile: The rebel star that broke the medieval sky
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-15 2:06)
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Mira, the first flashing star ever discovered, was one of the most important objects in the history of astronomy– and it keeps throwing up shocks today
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Today on New Scientist: 14 October 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-15 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the real Greek tragedy may be the climate and when will the 7 billionth human be born?
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What it means to donate your brain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-15 1:00)
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Geographer Bronwyn Parry and artist Ania Dabrowska explore brain donation in the Mind Over Matter project
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Smart sensors stop flickering wind turbines
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-15 0:46)
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An algorithm that determines when annoying shadows from wind turbines reach residential areas could end complaints of "shadow flicker"
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Friday Illusion: Trippy dots do the wave
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-15 0:28)
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Watch a static pattern dance before your eyes when you fix your gaze on a moving object
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Green Machine: Electric cars to get universal charger
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-14 23:35)
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Drivers won't need to worry about finding a compatible recharging point, with seven major manufacturers agreeing on a standard
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Clean air fixes cold poles in model of ancient climate
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-14 23:23)
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Computers can at last model extremely hot climates of the past– the trick is cleaning out modern air pollution
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Artificial crystals get their own textbook laws
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-14 23:21)
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An alternative chemistry of DNA-bonded nanoparticles, rather than chemically bonded atoms, could lead to materials with novel properties
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Studio portrait of big, brainy octopus
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-10-14 22:15)
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To show its true colours, a huge North Pacific giant octopus was photographed in a tank using strobe lighting
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