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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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Anti-antibiotics: Bugs, drugs and bureaucrats
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 1:42)
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Why are drug regulatory agencies discouraging the development of new antibiotics?
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Cosmic accidents: Mars attacks
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 1:27)
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A colossal interplanetary collision doesn't sound like a good thing? but without it, things might have turned out very differently
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The geometric pedestal of string theory
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-30 0:48)
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In The Shape of Inner Space, Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis fight string theory's corner by explaining multidimensional geometry
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Sparks fly over origin of altruism
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 22:38)
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A new view of kin selection says it is part of a broader theory describing the evolution of behaviour in general
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