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Sci-fi: The near future looks brighter than ever
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 20:15)
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A collection of sci-fi stories set in the near future, and which are optimistic but also realistic? The anthology Shine tackles an artistic balancing act
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Texas oil companies will soon be locking away carbon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 20:02)
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Oil companies are buying in waste CO 2 and pumping it underground? to rejuvenate ageing oilfields
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Element 'ununseptium' to fill periodic table gap
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 19:45)
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The latest super-heavy element to be created in the lab should fill a gap in the periodic table - and it was no mean feat to make the stuff, says Rachel Courtland
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Diamond chips to make meaner, greener electronics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 19:11)
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An economical way to make sheets of the blingest material known to man could bring a new era of high-power electronics that don't need cooling
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Journal editor given ultimatum over peer review
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 19:03)
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The editor of a medical journal that had to withdraw a controversial paper on AIDS claims he has been told to begin peer review or be sacked
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Pointillist style could bring lifelike graphics to PCs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 16:00)
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Conventional rendering of virtual worlds takes heavy-duty computing, but using a point-based system modest machines can create stunning images
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Is densest Kuiper belt object a wayward asteroid?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 8:50)
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Quaoar, a large body in the outer solar system, seems to be made almost entirely of rock, with very little ice– it may be a refugee from the asteroid belt
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Picking our brains: Can we make a conscious machine?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 6:00)
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Before we can replicate the mind, we must first understand it
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Picking our brains: How powerful is the subconscious?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 4:00)
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You do have free will? but you're not always the one in charge of it
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Today on New Scientist: 6 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the cars that drive better than you, the most powerful space storm in three years, and search engines' dirty secret
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