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The Social Network: Fact, fiction and Facebook
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-1 19:06)
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The Social Network may no more resemble reality than a Facebook profile resembles a person, but it's an electrifying film, says Sumit Paul-Choudhury
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US congress clears private space taxis for lift-off
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-1 3:34)
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The House and Senate have reached a détente over NASA's future, boosting support for commercial spaceflight– Henry Spencer breathes a sigh of relief
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Trademark swimsuit gave penguin ancestors the edge
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-1 3:00)
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Adopting black and white garb may have given the giant ancestors of today's penguins a vital extra turn of speed
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Homebrew technology: Imagination hacking
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-1 2:35)
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Scientists and creatives make uneasy bedfellows? Videos from the World Maker Faire in New York last weekend show that is far off the mark
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Have gene findings taken the stigma from ADHD?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-1 2:11)
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A genetic explanation for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder emerges, weakening the blame put on parenting and food additives
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Found: first rocky exoplanet that could host life
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 7:34)
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A rocky body about three times as massive as Earth has been found in the cosy "habitable zone" around its star– the find suggests habitable planets are common
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Monkeys bid to join elite self-awareness club
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 5:00)
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Rhesus macaque monkeys have shown they can recognise their own reflection in a mirror, suggesting that, like humans and other apes, they are self-aware
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Rivers threatened around the world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 2:01)
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Water security threatens humans and wildlife alike, says a global survey– and technology has only tackled half the problem
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Today on New Scientist: 29 September 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the origins of altruism, wild plants facing extinction and the countdown to oblivion
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Fossil secrets of the da Vinci codex
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 2:00)
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Did Leonardo decipher traces of ancient life centuries before Darwin?
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