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Bacterial mat the size of Greece found on Pacific floor
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 23:59)
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The Census of Marine Life is forcing a radical reassessment of how many species there are on Earth
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Can we keep tabs on stockpiles of nuclear fuel?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 22:41)
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To keep fissile materials from falling into the wrong hands, governments need to turn to safer reactor fuels and smarter detection technology
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Early humans may have bred with other species– twice
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 20:50)
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New genetic evidence suggests that early humans mated with other species, but was it the Neanderthals or someone else entirely, asks Ewen Callaway
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UK election: 'You look like a mad scientist!'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 20:34)
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The Science Party is in the electoral race and on the streets meeting voters, says British parliamentary candidate Michael Brooks
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Zoologger: Keep freeloaders happy with rotting corpses
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 20:25)
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Pretty name, not-so-pretty domestic arrangements: the golden orb-weaving spider has the unpleasant habit of weaving rotting insects into its web
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Engine strip-downs establish safe volcanic ash levels
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 19:44)
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After saying that no level of volcanic ash was safe to fly through, UK authorities have now decreed some parts of the cloud are navigable
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Maxed out: How much can we remember?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 17:00)
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Chao Lu has accurately recited 67,890 digits of pi from memory? but even that only hints at the brain's true capacity
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Maxed out: How long could you survive a vacuum?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 16:00)
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It's every astronaut's worst nightmare? but does losing pressure really mean your head will explode?
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UK university ordered to give data to climate sceptic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 2:01)
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Queens University Belfast must accept a freedom-of-information request for its tree-ring data from an amateur climate analyst and climate sceptic
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Today on New Scientist: 20 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 2:00)
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All today's stories from newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to mint quantum money, the black hearts of neutron stars, and what it means if your fetus kicks a lot
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