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Genome at 10: Faster, cheaper... worse
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 20:15)
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Sequencing genomes is now much faster and cheaper, but not better? yet. The next generation of sequencing technology will take results to a new level
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Electron 'invisible ink' promises purer nanocrystals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 19:55)
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A new technique for sending secret messages written with atoms also improves the nanocrystals used in computer chip manufacture
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What will happen to the green and pleasant land?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 19:00)
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Turned Out Nice by Marek Kohn is a lucid, thoughtful and intimate geography of the British Isles, and an overview of how climate change will affect them
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Genome at 10: A dizzying journey into complexity
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 16:00)
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We thought the machinery of the cell was beautifully elegant? but it has turned out to be a hideously complicated mess that goes wrong all too often
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Chicks count from left to right - just like us
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 8:01)
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It's not just humans that count from left to right: two species of bird do too, suggesting our counting preference is instinctive, not learned
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Today on New Scientist: 22 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: drastic measures to save plastic treasures, the return of the sterile neutrino, and a puzzling pelican
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Hollow victory for Monsanto in alfalfa court case
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 1:33)
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The US Supreme Court has lifted a ban on Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa, but a big hurdle remains before the seeds can be sold
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Sterile neutrino back from the dead
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 1:28)
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A ghostly particle that is showing signs of life could be the stuff of dark matter– and help explain why more matter than antimatter arose in our universe
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Pelican fossil poses evolutionary puzzle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 1:00)
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A fossilised pelican's bill resembles its modern equivalent– but why has it has remained almost unchanged for some 30 million years?
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UK science: Cuts of up to 25 per cent
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 0:35)
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The UK faces deep cuts in public spending and higher taxes. Roger Highfield assesses what it means for science and engineering
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