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One day, cells from skin might repair your spine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 23:51)
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Nerve cells with huge potential for treating paralysis could be made from a person's own skin or hair follicles, making spinal repair more realistic
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Feedback: Top tips for multifunctional clothing
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 21:25)
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Parachute trousers, auto-inflating lifebelt, mountaineers' airbag? a whole emergency-proof wardrobe devised by New Scientist readers. And indoor rain (full text available to subscribers)
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Darkness visible: Five big black hole puzzles solved
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 21:00)
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Recent simulations and cutting-edge visuals are giving new insight into black holes and have helped us answer five big questions about them
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Storytelling 2.0: The digital death of the author
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 20:14)
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As literature goes digital, the boundary between writer and reader is rapidly blurring, says Craig Mod
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Extreme survival: Dreaming through drought
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 19:46)
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Lots of animals sleep through dry spells, but to get through dry decades you have to turn your cells into sugar glass (full text available to subscribers)
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Comet caught throwing basketball-sized snowballs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 5:21)
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The phenomenon, which has never been seen before, was observed by NASA's Deep Impact probe during a recent flyby of Comet Hartley 2
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Found: first planet from another galaxy
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 4:00)
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A planet has been discovered around a star that seems to be an interloper from another galaxy– the star also contains few of the elements thought to be needed to build planets
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New evidence that weird quantum supersolid exists
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 4:00)
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Have we ever made a supersolid? The latest evidence suggests we have, but argument rages on
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Panama canal is due a big earthquake
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 4:00)
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The last quake in the faults near the Panama canal was 400 years ago? another one is due, but neither the canal nor nearby cities are ready for it
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Full-body scanners: we reveal all
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-19 3:08)
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The recent release of pictures taken by these scanners has outraged the travelling public and focused attention on the risks the devices may carry
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