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Ancient clone saw out the last ice age
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 21:36)
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Clones of an ancient bush have been discovered in California by botanists who reckon it first grew at the height of the last ice age, 13,000 years ago
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Chatbots add intelligence to Sherlock Holmes game
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 21:00)
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The online movie tie-in enables gamers posing as the great detective to question virtual suspects and witnesses in natural language
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Move over, Schrödinger's cat...
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 19:00)
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By talking to his dog, a physicist explains what quantum mechanics is - and what it isn't
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2010 preview: Waiting for ET to phone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 18:00)
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Fifty years ago next April, Frank Drake kick-started the modern search for extraterrestrial life at a radio telescope in West Virginia
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The shape of gifts to come
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 17:00)
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The latest revolution in games consoles owes its existence to car airbags? so what hot gadgets of the future will today's technologies spawn?
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Ducks fight the battle of the sexes in their genitals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 9:00)
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Male Muscovy ducks have evolved super-long penises– with "explosive erection" ability– while females retaliate with antagonistic vaginas
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Are we looking in the wrong places for water on the moon?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 7:48)
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Conventional theory says water ice should be concentrated in permanently shadowed craters near the poles, but that's not where it seems to be turning up
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Today on New Scientist: 22 December 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 3:19)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: what a best friend should tell you, our trivia quiz and sinister powers of crowdsourcing
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2009 review: Top videos of the year
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 0:46)
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The best of New Scientist 's video coverage, including a tiny hovering robot, bionic penguins and plasma ejections from the sun
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The Royal Institution's festive feasts for the mind
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-22 22:50)
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From Michael Faraday to David Attenborough, many eminent figures have given Christmas lectures at the UK's Royal Institution? see the hall of fame
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