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This week's top stories [26 March 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 23:03)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Will reclusive mathematician accept $1 million prize? Today on New Scientist: 19 March 2010 Boom time for Arctic animals Spy in the sky that sees round corners Power to the people: In praise of batteries Mysteries of Saturn as seen by Cassini probe Learning to use nature's GPS Moon marriage may have given Jupiter a ring Virtual ears help architects cut chatter confusion 'Junk' DNA gets credit for making us who we are
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How you emerge from your brain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 21:17)
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If "you" are just firing neurons, can you be responsible for your actions? In My Brain Made Me Do It, Eliezer Sternberg says emergence is the answer
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Brain scientist vs novelist: what use is an afterlife?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 20:45)
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Last night David Eagleman talked to Will Self about possibilianism, death, and what comes after it. Julian Richards was there to hear them
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Insulation nation: Cutting the cost of cosy
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 17:00)
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Turning draughty old houses into snug eco homes seems impossibly expensive, but governments from California to China are finding ways to help us pay
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Prizewinning math could reveal hidden patterns in primes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 6:36)
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A $1 million prize has been awarded for work that keeps the internet secure and could help solve the fiendishly difficult Riemann hypothesis
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Will Google help breach the great firewall of China?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 3:00)
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The search giant has the technical expertise to shed light on China's internet censoring tools
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Today on New Scientist: 25 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why hot water freezes faster than cold, the perils of unethical lab coats, and why the Templeton prize is bad news for religion
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Strewth mate, T. rex has family down under
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 3:00)
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A fossil found in Victoria, Australia, is the first piece of evidence showing that Tyrannosaurus rex 's ancestors once lived in the southern hemisphere
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For a trimmer figure, add an extra helping of gut bugs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 2:26)
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Supplementing the diets of overweight people with one type of human gut microbe makes them lose weight
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Unethical lab coats: Who makes the tools of science?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-26 1:43)
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When researchers in the wealthy west buy the tools of their trade, they should spare a thought for how they were made, argues Mahmood Bhutta
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