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Today on New Scientist: 1 November 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-2 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: the ultimate brain test, what makes bones strong and why western science conquered the world
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First whole human liver built in lab
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-2 2:55)
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Human livers, about the size of small plums, have been made in the lab for the first time– if they can be scaled up, transplantable ones may follow
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Pictures captured at the world's extremes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-2 2:50)
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Extreme Exposures, a new exhibition in Los Angeles, shows that some of the world's most challenging environments are also some of its most beautiful
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Machine intelligence put to test in alien world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-2 2:30)
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Computers that can beat chess grandmasters? Ho-hum. The new challenge for artificial intelligence is a strategy game called StarCraft
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What the UN ban on geoengineering really means
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-1 23:40)
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The agreement last week at the UN Convention on Biodiversity appeared to outlaw geoengineering– but its wording is vague and contradictory
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Why western science conquered the world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-1 23:15)
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History boils down to biology, and geography can be unfair, says Ian Morris : but the advantages they confer may not last forever
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Stress tests show where bone strength comes from
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-1 20:19)
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Bone gets its remarkable strength from a combination of tiny fibres that become either stiffer or more malleable when stretched
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Agreement reached at UN biodiversity convention
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-1 20:05)
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Delegates from nearly 200 countries pledged to protect 17 per cent of the Earth's land and 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020
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Blue light taps directly into your emotions
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-30 23:00)
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Brain scans show that blue light taps directly into brain areas that process emotion? good and bad
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Rare scaled mammal threatened by traditional medicine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-30 19:00)
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Smugglers' seized logbooks show the extent of the illegal trade in pangolins, with Chinese traditional medicine the main destination
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