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Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spread
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 0:48)
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How we deploy the two effective flu treatments may be vital in determining the size of any pandemic that might emerge from the current H1N1 outbreak, researchers sayimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c4804/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spreadlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17069-multidrug-strategy-could-slow-pandemic-spread.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spreadlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17069-multidrug-strategy-could-slow-pandemic-spread.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a ...
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Unknown internet 3: How big is the net?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 0:24)
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In 2008, Google announced that its systems had registered a trillion unique pages? but even this might represent only a fraction of what is out thereimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c3139/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Unknown internet 3: How big is the net?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227062.200-unknown-internet-3-how-big-is-the-net.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Unknown internet 3: How big is the net?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227062.200-unknown-internet-3-how-big-is-the-net.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="ht ...
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Warning over DNA damage from forest fires
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 23:09)
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Smoke from burning trees may contain potent compounds that can damage human DNA and potentially cause cancer, according to a controversial studyimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c1109/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Warning over DNA damage from forest fireslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17067-warning-over-dna-damage-from-forest-fires.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Warning over DNA damage from forest fireslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17067-warning-over-dna-damage-from-forest-fires.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da ...
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Plastic cups could boost auto performance
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 23:05)
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The dream of being able to fuel a car on waste comes a step closer with the discovery that dissolving polystyrene cups in biodiesel increases power outputimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c06c8/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Plastic cups could boost auto performancelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17066-plastic-cups-could-boost-auto-performance.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Plastic cups could boost auto performancelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17066-plastic-cups-could-boost-auto-performance.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href= ...
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Dancing parrots could help explain evolution of rhythm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 22:37)
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Parrots reveal that humans aren't the only animals that can groove to different beatsndash; the key might be mimicry, say researchersimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40bfb66/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dancing parrots could help explain evolution of rhythmlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17065-dancing-parrots-could-help-explain-evolution-of-rhythm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dancing parrots could help explain evolution of rhythmlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17065-dancing-parrots-could-help-explain-evolution-of-rhythm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" / ...
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This week's top stories [01 May 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 22:00)
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pOur top articles ranked by reader popularity./pullia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40ab178/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A630Emysterious0Espokes0Efound0Ein0Ecrater0Eon0Emercury0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Mysterious spokes found in crater on Mercury/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40adc22/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A590Ebrainjuggling0Elets0Edolphins0Eavoid0Esleep0Edeprivation0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm''Brain-juggling' lets dolphins avoid sleep deprivation/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40a888f/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A620Esun0Edamage0Econceals0Easteroids0Etrue0Eages0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Sun damage conceals asteroids' true ages/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40a6251/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A57/story02.htm'Huge gene study shines new light on African ...
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Quack remedies spread by virtue of being useless
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 20:32)
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Bogus medical treatments spread in society precisely because theyidon't/iwork, a mathematical model suggestsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40bbc35/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Quack remedies spread by virtue of being uselesslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17064-quack-remedies-spread-by-virtue-of-being-useless.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Quack remedies spread by virtue of being uselesslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17064-quack-remedies-spread-by-virtue-of-being-useless.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedspo ...
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Sponge larvae: Your unlikely ancestors
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 18:18)
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We know very little about the origins of complex animal life, but there are hints that it all began with sponges that refused to grow upimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40b63e5/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Sponge larvae: Your unlikely ancestorslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227061.300-sponge-larvae-your-unlikely-ancestors.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sponge larvae: Your unlikely ancestorslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227061.300-sponge-larvae-your-unlikely-ancestors.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedspo ...
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Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 18:12)
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If an influenza pandemic is declared, investigations bybNew Scientist/bsuggest that global preparedness for a pandemic is extremely patchyimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40b63e7/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227063.900-can-the-world-cope-if-swine-flu-goes-pandemic.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227063.900-can-the-world-cope-if-swine-flu-goes-pandemic.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/ ...
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Swine Flu: The predictable pandemic?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 18:06)
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We’ve known that swine flu could cause a human pandemic for more than a decade ? but no one paid attention. Our special report explores where the virus came from, whether the world can cope, and what treatments might be effectiveimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4073f9b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Swine Flu: The predictable pandemic?link=http://www.newscientist.com/special/swine-flu" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Swine Flu: The predictable pandemic?link=http://www.newscientist.com/special/swine-flu" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/38124152953/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67583899/a2.htm"img src= ...
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