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Floating nurseries hit by Deepwater Horizon spill
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 22:31)
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The spawning grounds of 120 species of fish, including the endangered bluefin tuna, are under threat as oil makes it way towards them
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Zoologger: Vultures use twigs to gather wool for nests
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 21:52)
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Amateur observations that had gathered dust for 20 years reveal Egyptian vultures rival crows in their use of tools
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Jesse Ausubel: Let there be (no) light
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 21:35)
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The director of the Census for Marine Life weighs up the options for his next big experiments: darkening the skies and quietening the oceans
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Desktop cosmos: Small is beautiful for big physics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 20:46)
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Atoms cooled to within a whisker of absolute zero could reveal the cosmos's darkest secrets? without spaceships, giant lasers or billion-dollar budgets
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Genome at 10: Faster, cheaper... worse
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 20:15)
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Sequencing genomes is now much faster and cheaper, but not better? yet. The next generation of sequencing technology will take results to a new level
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Electron 'invisible ink' promises purer nanocrystals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 19:55)
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A new technique for sending secret messages written with atoms also improves the nanocrystals used in computer chip manufacture
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What will happen to the green and pleasant land?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 19:00)
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Turned Out Nice by Marek Kohn is a lucid, thoughtful and intimate geography of the British Isles, and an overview of how climate change will affect them
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Genome at 10: A dizzying journey into complexity
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 16:00)
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We thought the machinery of the cell was beautifully elegant? but it has turned out to be a hideously complicated mess that goes wrong all too often
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Chicks count from left to right - just like us
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 8:01)
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It's not just humans that count from left to right: two species of bird do too, suggesting our counting preference is instinctive, not learned
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Today on New Scientist: 22 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-23 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: drastic measures to save plastic treasures, the return of the sterile neutrino, and a puzzling pelican
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