Autism explosion half explained, half still a mystery
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-16 21:40)
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Sociologists have accounted for 50 per cent of the sevenfold rise in autism cases in developed nations, but are struggling to explain the other half
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X-ray security scans go interactive
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-16 21:15)
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Advanced luggage scanners will produce rotatable 3D images of objects– and even reveal their chemical composition
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Exploding moss and swinging robots
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-16 18:40)
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From 3D supernovae to exploding moss, New Scientist brings you the best science videos on the web this month
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Laser sets quail embryos' hearts racing
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-16 2:00)
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An infrared laser has been used as an optical pacemaker, tripling the pulse rate of a quail embryo– the technique could one day work in humans too
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Thieving parrots hatch a plan to unlock food
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-15 18:00)
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Faced with a complicated set of locks, kleptomaniac keas crack the problem faster if they are allowed to study the set-up in advance
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Elephants fear humans more than dynamite
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 18:00)
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Forest elephants become less active during daylight to avoid humans, but seem unfazed by oil prospectors' blasts
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'Swiss-army knife' telescope tops astronomers' wish list
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 2:18)
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A $1.6 billion space mission to study dark energy and hunt for exoplanets should be NASA's top astronomical priority, an expert panel says
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Today on New Scientist: 13 August 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 2:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com at a glance, including: the next best thing to oil, Neptune's dead zones, and dinosaurs in Central Park
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Tide turns against million-dollar maths proof
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 1:03)
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Hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P≠ NP now seems to be in trouble
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How many dinosaurs could live in Central Park?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-8-14 0:27)
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Palaeontologists have tried to figure out if house-sized plant-eating sauropods and stegosaurs were rare beasts or swarmed over the Jurassic landscape
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