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Obama keeps his pledge to boost science
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-2 5:32)
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Talk of a spending freeze had made researchers jumpy, but the US administration is sticking to its emphasis on innovation
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Jittery crickets pass spidey-senses to offspring
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 21:00)
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A mother's care knows no barrier? even, it turns out, the small matter of never meeting her young
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Molecular Venus flytrap could munch nuclear waste
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 19:00)
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A sulphide-based structure can trap radioactive caesium ions, presenting a possible method for clearing up contaminated sites
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Today on New Scientist: 29 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why you're only half human, how a laser reached a key milestone for fusion, and why there's nothing in homepathy
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New Scientist TV January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 2:49)
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We study locust behaviour, examine our ancestors' teeth and find out about a mystery orchid pollinator in the latest New Scientist vodcast
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What alien worlds orbit our nearest star?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 2:19)
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Simulations of the conditions in the Alpha Centauri star system suggest Earth-like planets might exist there, but gas giants are unlikely
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Seeing the songs of whales
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 1:20)
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An obscure mathematical trick transforms whalesong and into strikingly beautiful patterns
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Real-time webcam images painted onto Google Earth
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 1:03)
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Buildings and other structures in the popular virtual world can be kept in sync with the real world by tapping a database of more than 1000 webcams
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Did rice wine lead to flushed faces in Asia?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-29 23:54)
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A mutation that causes some people to flush red when they down a beer may have evolved to help their ancestors cope with rice wine
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Homeopathy: Overdosing on nothing
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-29 23:45)
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An international protest against homeopathy this week aims to demonstrate the truth– that there's literally nothing in it, says Martin Robbins
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