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Today on New Scientist: 8 July 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: The final space shuttle launch, kinky genes, and the mother of all blood cells
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Compulsory medication muddies gunman trial issue
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 1:39)
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Jared Lee Loughner can be forcibly medicated for his schizophrenia. What will it mean for any legal action he may face?
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Kinky genes: Biophysics of DNA affects how it works
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 1:13)
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Some DNA sequences are kinkier than others, which could explain why certain genes cause disease in some people and not others
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South Korea's pupils to go paperless by 2015
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 1:03)
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The South Korean education ministry is to spend $2 billion digitising all school textbooks
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Impressive. Most impressive: Shuttle lifts off for last time
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 0:56)
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The space shuttle Atlantis has successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral on its final mission
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Friday Illusion: 3D painting flips perspective
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 0:37)
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Watch how a perspective trick can skew your depth perception
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Astronauts sing: Ain't no shuttle when she's gone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-9 0:01)
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Who better way to play out the space shuttle programme than a band of astronauts? Our blogger joins the fun at the farewell party
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High-speed trading algorithms place markets at risk
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-8 23:39)
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Computers that buy and sell shares in a fraction of a second are in danger of destabilising stock markets around the world, says a Bank of England official
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Saving the planet: not just for pansies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-8 23:15)
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In the documentary Carbon Nation, film-maker Peter Byck shows how you don't have to care about climate change to be an environmental activist
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Feedback: Rhubarb, invisible rhubarb
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-8 21:36)
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Wireless network blocked by rhubarb, quantum train stations, GPS for the pernickety, a memory card is a memory card is a memory card, and more (full text available to subscribers)
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