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Do you care what happens to a baby's blood sample?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 19:34)
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Pinpricks of blood taken from newborns are a gold mine for medical research– but now some US parents are raising privacy worries
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Living in denial: Unleashing a lie
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 16:00)
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It's easy to send a lie flying around the world, and almost impossible to shoot it down, says Jim Giles
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Levitating glass bead proves Einstein wrong
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 6:47)
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Though the eminent physicist said it couldn't be done, the velocity of a particle undergoing jittery Brownian motion has now been measured
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I, microbe: Sequencing the bugs in our bodies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 4:32)
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NIH researchers publish the genomes of 178 microbes that call the human body home– the project could lead to new treatments for disease
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Today on New Scientist: 20 May 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the fishy case of omega-3, a generator powered by heartbeats, and galactic cannibal feasts
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Immaculate creation: birth of the first synthetic cell
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 1:55)
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Craig Venter's team has assembled a living organism from scratch– now the philosophical arguments can start about whether he has created life
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If Earth had two moons: Reimagining the solar system
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 1:45)
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In What if the Earth had Two Moons?, astronomer Neil Comins imagines tweaks that might make our cosmic neighbourhood subtly? or hugely ? different
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New supernova class may undermine dark matter search
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 1:40)
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The discovery of a new class of supernova may be bad news for claims that signs of dark matter have been observed at the centre of the Milky Way, says Anil Ananthaswamy
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UK government plans: science hardly gets a mention
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 1:20)
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The coalition's official statement of intent only uses the word "science" twice. Will scientists have a voice in new government, asks Imran Khan
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Heartbeats tapped for power generator implant
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-21 1:12)
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A tiny implantable generator that converts heartbeats into electricity could power early-warning sensors for hypoglycaemia and other medical problems
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