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Boeing invention lets planes spot dangerous turbulence
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 3:30)
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Boeing has this week filed a US patent application on a smart - and potentially cheap - way to avoid clear air turbulence.
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Hands off my host! Why worms turn larvae red
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 3:30)
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A parasitic worm infests moth larvae and turns them a vivid shade of red– apparently to warn off predators that would otherwise pose a threat
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Blindfolded dolphin mimics its mates
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 3:15)
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The first experiment with blindfolded dolphins shows that they can imitate others without needing to see
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Best of the web: World's fastest solar car
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 3:01)
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At number 5 in our monthly countdown, a car breaks the speed record for solar vehicles
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Today on New Scientist: 21 January 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: perfect tortellini, a pterosaur egg, infectious depression, King Tut, and more
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Triceratops may not be Torosaurus after all
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 2:50)
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The latest salvo in the "morphosaurus" debate suggests that Triceratops was not a juvenile Torosaurus– contradicting a 2010 study
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Feedback: George Orwell, Big Brother and reality TV
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 1:00)
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Old-fashioned ideas lost in the mists of uragnosia, an Elf out of season, self-hating software and more (full text available to subscribers)
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Hearing music through someone else's eyes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 0:50)
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A synaesthetic performance at the South London Gallery attempts to communicate the truly subjective by melding music and art
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Has China's new jet launched a stealth arms race?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-22 0:30)
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China's first flight test of its new high-tech J-20 stealth military jet on 11 January has drawn a lot of attention
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Obese monkeys have more stillbirths
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-1-21 23:29)
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Obesity reduces blood flow to the placenta, increasing the risk of stillbirths in macaques
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