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BP's three-pronged attack on Deepwater Horizon leak
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-2 2:38)
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After last week's efforts to plug the leak failed, BP has rolled out a new plan and remains confident of success
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Today on New Scientist: 1 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-2 2:35)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why you are what you speak, the next generation of matter, and why we should capture more methane
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How acupuncture eases pain - maybe
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-2 2:30)
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Acupuncture may stimulate the release of natural pain killers– but does it really work any better than a placebo?
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From biology to the Bible, from kindness to madness
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-2 0:13)
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The Price of Altruism by Oren Solomon Harman tells the unhappy story of biologist George Price well but gets stuck in naturalism, says Steve Jones
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First 'chameleon particle' spotted after changing type
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-2 0:05)
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After years of searching, a tau neutrino has been found that switched from a different type? it can only be explained by new physics
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Asteroid strike may have frozen Antarctica
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-2 0:05)
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A massive asteroid hit the Timor Sea around 35 million years ago, and may have contributed to the formation of the Antarctic ice sheets, reports Wendy Zukerman
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Matter: The next generation
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-1 23:17)
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Experiments hint at a new class of particles that could reveal how the infant universe narrowly escaped annihilation
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Language lessons: You are what you speak
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-1 21:04)
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The more we search for a universal language instinct, the more hints we find that actually our mother tongues make us think in different ways
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'Precision missile' to block bitter tastes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-1 18:00)
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A bitter-blocking chemical could take the aftertaste out of artificial sweeteners and make unpleasant-tasting antibiotics easier to swallow
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Drug could get into the autistic mind
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-1 16:00)
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For the first time, drugs are being tested that could address the social difficulties associated with autism and other learning disorders
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