iPhone app reveals the emotional downside of daydreams
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 4:00)
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Psychologists use Apple's smartphone to track our everyday mood swings
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Tropical forests thrived in ancient global warming
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 4:00)
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South America's tropical forests flourished when temperatures skyrocketed 56 million years ago, but the story might be different today
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High-speed video shows how the cat gets the cream
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 4:00)
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High-speed cameras reveal how cats drink using a delicate balance of forces
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Hubble's over-budget successor may be delayed for years
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:42)
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The ambitious James Webb Space Telescope, already over budget and behind schedule, will be delayed by at least another year, to 2015, says a review panel
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Genetically altered mosquitoes thwart dengue spreaders
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:27)
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First outdoor trial of genetically modified mosquitoes promises new strategy against killer disease
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Biofuels will up Euro greenhouse emissions
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:15)
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European plans for biofuel in cars and trucks will create more greenhouse emissions, not less
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Today on New Scientist: 11 November 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: the dawn of thermogeddon, the Toyota Prius of the sky and a robot that plays improvised jazz
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Green machine: Markets hint at 100-year energy gap
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 2:57)
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A study of share prices suggests investors don't expect alternative-energy technology to take off until 2140– a century after we run out of oil
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Stubborn US cities rated in personality test
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-11 7:00)
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Cities have ingrained characters that are stubbornly hard to change– and New York, for one, is really quite average
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When it comes to traumatic flashbacks, Tetris blocks
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-11 7:00)
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The classic computer game Tetris takes the edge off the flashbacks of post-traumatic stress disorder– but a computerised pub quiz does not
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