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Robots could ditch fingers for beanbags
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-26 4:00)
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Using fingers to grip delicate objects without breaking them is difficult for robots– a simpler beanbag hand could be the answer
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Photography, minus the camera
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-26 2:04)
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What might photography have done if it hadn't become obsessed with the camera and the lens? A London exhibition, Shadow Catchers, seeks to find out
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Today on New Scientist: 25 October 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-26 2:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: inconstant laws, armed robots on patrol, moving illusions, chemical fears, and more
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Dream jobs 1: Penguin wrangler
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-26 1:43)
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Kicking off this week's series of true-life stories: zookeeper Evelyn Guyett braves leopard seals to pick feathers from the rumps of Antarctic birds
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Brilliant SF books that got away
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-26 1:34)
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The sci-fi books that we should have read, but probably haven’t ? as nominated by leading scientists and writers. Plus our flash fiction competition
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Bisphenol A is everywhere? is it safe?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-26 0:34)
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Mounting evidence against a chemical we are exposed to daily is being ignored. What more do regulators need, ask David Melzer and Tamara Galloway
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Manchester gets a neutrino detector made of balloons
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-25 23:00)
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A new exhibition brings visitors face to face with a replica of the Super Kamiokande neutrino detector in Japan
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How to catch the 'jihadi bug'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-25 22:15)
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In Talking to the Enemy Scott Atran explains the social dynamics of terrorism: extremists radicalise their friends
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Moving illusions: Brain-tricking motion
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-25 20:54)
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Visual researchers have come up with some mind-bending new motion perception illusions. Here, New Scientist brings you our pick of the best videos
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LCROSS mission may have struck silver on the moon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-22 5:55)
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A spacecraft that was sent crashing into the moon in 2009 threw up debris that included not only water but also higher-than-expected amounts of silver, new studies suggest
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