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Gene detectives track the rhino killers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 3:00)
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A database of rhinoceros DNA could help in the fight against organised crime (full text available to subscribers)
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Today on New Scientist: 17 November 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: bacteria that "tweet", a primate with eyes bigger than its brain and why clay is a super material
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South African rhinos pay the price of new cancer myths
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 3:00)
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How the rhino has suddenly been shunted back to the edge of existence by criminal gangs preying on people's desperate hopes
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Extreme survival: Pile on the pressure
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 2:32)
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Just a few hundred metres below the ocean surface, proteins get bent out of shape. So how come the deepest waters are buzzing with life? (full text available to subscribers)
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Storytelling 2.0: Open your books to augmented reality
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 2:27)
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In the information age, bound pages may no longer suffice for entertainment– but augmented reality books can add some much-needed excitement
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Golf and the primal forces of nature
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 1:59)
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See what happened when a lava flow from mount Merapi, Indonesia, met a golf course
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Scientists and musicians: separated at birth?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 1:37)
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A campaign aims to raise the profile of science by pairing researchers with rock stars– and it turns out they might not be so different after all
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Whip-tailed bacteria could 'tweet' to nanobots
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 1:04)
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Encoding short messages in the DNA of bacteria could help nanobots in the fight against cancer
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Gulf oil spill report blames industry and regulators
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 0:54)
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The largest accidental marine oil spill in history was the result of numerous technical, safety and regulatory failures, says an independent report
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Storytelling 2.0: Adventures in a virtual reality cave
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-18 0:15)
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A virtual reality simulator may seem an unlikely home for writers, says Robert Coover, but they're using it to invent a new art form
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