Microwave radiation map hints at other universes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-18 3:15)
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Bruises from collisions with other universes may have been found in a map of ancient cosmic radiation
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London: The tuberculosis capital of Europe
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-18 2:46)
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A review in the Lancet has concluded that London is the capital of tuberculosis infections in Europe
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Creativity vies with language in brain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-18 2:22)
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A fight between the left and right side of the brain could determine how creative you are, suggests a study of people with neural damage
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Best books of 2010: Elemental tales of madness and love
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-18 2:00)
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Writer Deborah Blum picks The Disappearing Spoon, which explores stories of madness, love and history via the periodic table of the elements
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Virtual spheres speed up skimming through mobile video
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-18 1:53)
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Users often have to download an entire online video to find out what's in it. A new skim-viewing interface could speed things up
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Finding the inner you: Google's body browser
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-18 0:44)
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Google has turned its attention inwards, using its mapping technology to visualise the human anatomy
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書評 『世界の野菜を旅する』『土の科学』『大気を変える錬金術』『光るクラゲ』
from 森山和道
(2010-12-18 0:38)
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日経サイエンス 2010年 09月号 [雑誌]
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日本経済新聞出版社 (2010-07-24)
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「日経サイエンス」2010年9月号 書評欄 「森山和道の読書日記」掲載
中東の山岳地帯が原産と考えられるタマネギ、インド北部原産のナス、アメリカ大陸原産のトマトやジャガイモ、トウモロコシなど、野菜の原産地を訪ねた旅行記 『 世界の野菜を旅する 』 は実に楽しい一冊である。
どのページも野菜に関する蘊蓄が満載で、しかも嫌味なところがない。ポルトガルではイワシの塩焼きにキャベツの味噌汁に似たスープを飲めるとか、ペルーでも日本と同じく生の魚介を食べるといった、世界各国の食文化の話題も楽しい。ともかく楽しい本なのだ。毎日食べているのに野菜について全く知らないことに気づかせてくれる本だった。
世界の野菜を旅する (講談社現代新書)
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人類の農耕開始以来、数千年の歴史を持つ野菜は、人と共生 ...
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Stealth jet gets piggyback ride
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-17 23:29)
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The new US unmanned stealth fighter, Phantom Ray, took to the sky earlier this week– on the back of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
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Feedback: But is it worth its salt?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-17 23:09)
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Why you must set the bio-photons free, a weird new invention called fire, dehydrated water, a town whose population was one-third, and more (full text available to subscribers)
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Living dinosaurs: When did modern birds evolve?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-17 19:48)
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The late Cretaceous skies contained oddities to bamboozle any modern birdwatcher, but a few familiar sights too (full text available to subscribers)
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