Wonder lust: Vomit Comet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 18:00)
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Try the next best thing to going into space? from our travel special
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'Dark sun' is one of our nearest neighbours
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 2:11)
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A dim object less than 10 light years away seems to be the closest brown dwarf yet found– the discovery suggests other dark stars may lie even closer
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Atom-grabbing "black hole" created
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 2:05)
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A charged carbon nanotube has been made to act as an atom-trap, and could pave the way to previously unknown states of matter
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Today on New Scientist: 9 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: scientific expeditions without a PhD, proof that Venus still has active volcanoes, and particle physicists with a beef
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Innovation: iPad is child's play but not quite magical
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 1:02)
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Apple's new tablet computer is impressively user-friendly and has some neat features, but isn't all things to all people– especially not techies
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Save the whales, not the whalers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 0:00)
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The world is poised to cave in to demands for a resumption of commercial whaling. How did it come to this, ask Mark Simmonds and Sue Fisher
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Rappers with a beef– particle physics style
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 23:30)
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"LHC rapper" Katherine McAlpine offers her verdict on a fresh rap about the Tevatron collider
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Wonder lust: Scientific expeditions without a PhD
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 23:14)
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Ever wanted to see a nuclear bomb site, a sea monster? or just a truly dark sky? Here's our pick of the world's most fascinating destinations to visit
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Almost human: closest australopithicine primate found
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 2:16)
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Another long-lost cousin is unearthed– of all the australopithicines yet found, it's the closest anatomically to the true humans that evolved into us
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Today on New Scientist: 8 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the dawn of the elderly age, new cracks in China's great firewall, and why time waits for no quasar
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