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Laser sets quail embryos' hearts racing
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-16 2:00)
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An infrared laser has been used as an optical pacemaker, tripling the pulse rate of a quail embryo– the technique could one day work in humans too
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Thieving parrots hatch a plan to unlock food
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-15 18:00)
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Faced with a complicated set of locks, kleptomaniac keas crack the problem faster if they are allowed to study the set-up in advance
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Elephants fear humans more than dynamite
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 18:00)
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Forest elephants become less active during daylight to avoid humans, but seem unfazed by oil prospectors' blasts
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'Swiss-army knife' telescope tops astronomers' wish list
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 2:18)
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A $1.6 billion space mission to study dark energy and hunt for exoplanets should be NASA's top astronomical priority, an expert panel says
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Today on New Scientist: 13 August 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 2:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com at a glance, including: the next best thing to oil, Neptune's dead zones, and dinosaurs in Central Park
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Tide turns against million-dollar maths proof
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 1:03)
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Hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P≠ NP now seems to be in trouble
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How many dinosaurs could live in Central Park?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 0:27)
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Palaeontologists have tried to figure out if house-sized plant-eating sauropods and stegosaurs were rare beasts or swarmed over the Jurassic landscape
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Flexible tubes could bring wall-sized TV price crash
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-13 23:25)
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A new way of building plasma screens could make it easier and cheaper to build super-sized TVs
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Would you like a statin with your burger?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-13 22:50)
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Fast food outlets should hand out statins with their burger and fries, say researchers. Is anyone taking them seriously, asks Nic Fleming
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Future on display: Desk lamp turns table top into 3D
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-13 22:28)
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Pixar-inspired "lamps" could add another dimension to table-top displays
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