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Reclusive mathematician turns down $1 million prize
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-2 16:30)
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Grigori Perelman has turned down a prestigious prize for solving one of the most difficult problems in mathematics. It's not the first time, says Rachel Courtland
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USB coffee-cup warmer could be stealing your data
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-2 16:00)
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Data can be stolen with modified or specially built USB peripherals as long as they identify themselves as a familiar device
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Dear diary, I am sick to death... David Livingstone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-2 8:01)
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The explorer's terrible health and vehement opposition to slavery are clear in letters enhanced by multispectral imaging
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Tibetans adapted to high life at record-breaking rate
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-2 3:00)
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People in Tibet have genetically adapted to life at altitude in the past 3000 years– the fastest genetic change known to have occurred in humans
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Today on New Scientist: 1 July 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-2 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: cashing in on the genetic lottery, the oldest multicellular life, and playing Tetris in 3D
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Home birth increases risk of baby's death
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-2 1:55)
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Having your baby at home increases mortality risk by almost a third, reports Helen Thomson - but the overall risk is still small
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Water droplets create multilayered display
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 23:34)
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Projecting images onto a series of parallel "waterfalls" creates the illusion of a 3D display
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X-games in space: Record-smashing probes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 23:33)
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From the fastest to the farthest, meet the space missions that have set records for extreme achievement
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Plant nurseries in clover after finding four-leaf gene
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 23:04)
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Gene finds could give us all the four-leaf clovers we want, as well as other rare coloured and patterned varieties, and new ornamental hybrids
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Cosmic bubble made cold spot in big bang afterglow
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 22:54)
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Such bubbles might have formed just fractions of a second after the universe came into existence, when it grew dramatically in size
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