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Virgin birth: sharks' secret survival trick
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 21:38)
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Female sharks can produce healthy young without a male? asexual reproduction may have helped this ancient group of creatures survive for so long
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Iron Man 2: How science cures Tony Stark's heartache
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 20:01)
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Iron Man 2 is a movie packed with technology– when will we see it in reality? Rowan Hooper and Celeste Biever get down to the nuts and bolts
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Psychologists: Tories to win UK general election
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 19:55)
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When it comes to predicting the election, forget opinion polls and leadership debates– psychologists think they know what's going to happen
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Designing greenhouses for the Red Planet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 18:49)
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The creation of a human outpost on Mars is still some way off, but that hasn't stopped us planning the garden
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Tales of discovery from the outside in
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 18:47)
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The Story of Science by Michael Mosley and John Lynch, a sumptuous tie-in to a BBC TV series, shows how the world beyond science drives discovery
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Surgeon smashes computer game record
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 18:29)
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The Donkey Kong record has been broken by a plastic surgeon– what's the link between surgery and video games, asks Celeste Biever
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Common Mars rock can preserve microfossils after all
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 8:17)
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Sulphate minerals– which are widespread on Mars– do not erase evidence of fossilised microbes as previously thought, a study of Earth rocks suggests
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Biologists celebrate return of popular stem cell line
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:09)
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After months of delay, the most widely-used line of human embryonic stem cells is eligible for US government funds once again, says Peter Aldhous
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Today on New Scientist: 28 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why elections are always unfair, the bizarre life story of the symbion, and a robot that folds towels
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First twin sequences: What do they say about disease?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:00)
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Identical twins are hugely valuable in teasing apart genetic and environmental factors, but the genomes tell us little about the origins of disease
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