Today on New Scientist: 21 May 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-21 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: brainy, nosy early mammals, delusions of control, sounds of sex, brain-machine interfaces, and more
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Deforestation rises as Brazil debates protection laws
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-21 1:51)
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Brazil's Forest Code, designed to protect the Amazon rainforest, is under pressure from several quarters
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CultureLab Loves... 20 May 2011 edition
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-21 1:34)
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What CultureLab loves in the art-science interactions coming up in the next seven days
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2020 vision: Jacking into your brain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-21 1:30)
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Direct link between our brains and computers are set to challenge our notions of identity, culpability and the acceptable limits of human enhancement (full text available to subscribers)
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Art and archaeology reveal addicted underworld London
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-21 1:19)
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Discover some of the secrets hidden under London through artwork inspired by an archaeological dig
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Friday Illusion: Turning wheel seems to jump backwards
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-21 1:00)
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In a new brain trick, a turning circle appears to skip in the opposite direction
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What's the most important object in cosmology?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-20 23:44)
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One astronomer is to make a case for the star that led Edwin Hubble to realise the cosmos is bigger than imagined
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Sound of sex could alert internet porn filter
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-20 23:13)
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Signal processing that can tell the audio from pornographic videos from normal speech or music could be used to filter out "adult" content
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Paralysed man regains control of his legs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-20 22:06)
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Watch a man with a spinal cord injury stand up and move his legs thanks to a pioneering treatment
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Milky Way faces mid-life crisis
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-20 21:41)
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Our home galaxy is in decline, with the bulk of its star formation behind it, a new study suggests
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