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Climate pledges so far are nowhere near enough
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:07)
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As the Copenhagen conference on climate change draws closer, a new analysis shows that the pledges made by rich nations will not be enough to avert a dangerous rise in temperatures
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Today on New Scientist: 7 October 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: exploring your mind's twilight zone, why wildfires will change the way we live, and why weedy males sometimes get lucky with the birds
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Personal genomics firms must come clean
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:00)
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Firms that do basic genetic tests to warn of health risks should be clearer about what such forecasts can tell you, says genomics pioneer Craig Venter
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Cheap naked chips snap a perfect picture
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:00)
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Take the lid off a memory chip and you have an image sensor with the potential to be cheaper and more powerful than the one in your camera
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Scorched earth: Wildfires will change the way we live
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:00)
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Fires around the world remind us how impotent we are in the face of natural disaster? and go hand-in-glove with climate change, says David Bowman
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Targeted therapies exploit tiny chinks in cancer's armour
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:00)
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Drugs that turn otherwise insignificant weaknesses into fatal flaws could open a new front in the war on cancer
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Are you asleep? Exploring the mind's twilight zone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 2:00)
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You think you're awake, yet vital parts of your brain might be sleeping. That's bad news if you're trying to concentrate– or flying a plane
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Has the pill changed the rules of sexual attraction?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 1:23)
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Oral contraceptives may interfere with the natural processes by which women choose, compete for and retain male partners– so should we worry?
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Nobel for explaining nature's protein factories
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-8 1:08)
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Research that revealed the secrets of ribosomes– the protein factories found in all living cells– has earned the 2009 chemistry Nobel
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Inferior males get lucky with the birds
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-7 21:45)
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Some female zebra finches actively choose males that are weaker, weedier and poorer singers
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