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Mysterious fossil is first ancestor of the squid
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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A famous half-billion-year-old fossil, one of the "weird wonders" from Canada's Burgess Shale, may be a cephalopod
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Biofuels learn to eat less
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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Production of bioethanol has attracted global controversy because it uses important food crops. That could be about to change
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Special report: Where next for synthetic life?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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Craig Venter's creation of a synthetic cell was a tour de force, but the fruits of synthetic biology are more likely to come by other means
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Today on New Scientist: 26 May 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: where synthetic life will go next, how biofuels will learn to eat less, and a tiny particle's big moment
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How science is shaping up in the new Parliament
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 1:00)
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The parliamentary group devoted to science has survived the UK's parliamentary upheavals, but some of the new government's plans may not be as science-friendly
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Shadows open window into the autistic mind
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 0:01)
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Most children use the shadows cast by items to speed identification. Not so those with autism, who regard the dark shapes as nothing but a distraction
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'Light from sound' could spot cancers and terrorists
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-26 23:46)
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High-frequency sound can be converted directly to light, theory suggests. The process could be applied in new types of scanner
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The many-worlds physicist couldn't cope with this one
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-26 23:00)
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The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III by Peter Byrne is a story of thwarted ambition, blind faith in science, genius, subterfuge, adultery and drunkenness
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Shape-shifting 'tube robot' could aid heart surgery
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-26 22:22)
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The concentric tube robot combines the flexibility of a catheter with the utility of a needle to enable surgeons to conduct delicate procedures
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Swine flu hoax? Get real
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-26 19:42)
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The pandemic flu might have been less savage than originally predicted but that doesn't mean scientists were crying wolf, says Debora MacKenzie
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