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Today on New Scientist: 11 August 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-12 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: crisis robots, a pioneering music synthesiser, time without end in the multiverse, and more
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False conviction from a late autopsy?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 23:35)
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When Theodosius Boughton died suddenly after taking medication, rumours of poisoning spread. Two centuries later, Elizabeth Cooke re-examines the evidence
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Time need not end in the multiverse
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 23:15)
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Last year, a group of cosmologists argued that time might end? now others say they can save the fourth dimension
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Bringing the lab to the streets
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 22:45)
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A new Guggenheim travelling laboratory aims to turn city residents into impromptu study subjects
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Monkeys did not gain big brains by shrinking guts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 21:57)
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The "expensive tissue hypothesis", which suggests primates grew large brains by shrinking their stomachs, does not apply to New World monkeys
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Portable sensor detects date-rape drugs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 20:53)
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There may be a way to detect drugs like Rohypnol in a cocktail without having to resort to carrying around an organic chemistry lab
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Artificial anal sphincter could limit bowel incontinence
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 20:30)
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Human muscle cells plus mouse nerve cells have been grown into an artificial anal sphincter– studies show that it can survive inside living mice
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Pioneering electronic instrument rediscovered in France
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 19:50)
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Watch how the Oram synthesiser was recovered and try an iPhone app that recreates its haunting sound
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New Scientist, written in cold electrons
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 19:17)
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Cold electron microscopy could be used to create movies of tiny, fast-moving objects such as morphing proteins
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Crisis robots show people to emergency exits
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-11 18:31)
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What should you do when alarms are ringing, the building is filling with smoke and the crackle of fire is just around the corner? Follow the robot
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