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Smart CCTV raises bush-fire alarm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-28 19:00)
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An early warning system for fires detects the first signs of danger by recognising a flame's telltale colour and flicker in a video feed
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Robots to rescue soldiers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-27 21:00)
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The US military is seeking ideas on how to build an autonomous robot that can rescue injured personnel from the battlefield
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Today on New Scientist: 26 February 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-27 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the unstoppable rise of spam, the failure of Arctic ice arches, and why happiness ain't all it's cracked up to be
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Greener gadget designs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-27 2:45)
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The Greener Gadgets design competition aims to inspire more eco-friendly consumer products? see the winners and shortlisted entries in our gallery
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Happiness ain't all it's cracked up to be
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-27 2:22)
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Being cheery can make you selfish, and that's just the latest in a series of findings that happiness changes you– not in a good way
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Innovation: Bloom didn't start a fuel-cell revolution
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-27 0:55)
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The Californian company has grabbed the headlines, but fuel cells are already sparking a new era in energy
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This week's top stories [26 February 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-26 23:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Newborns' blood used to build secret DNA database Today on New Scientist: 19 February 2010 Robot film crew knows what sports fans like Who needs banks if you have a mobile phone? Even in the virtual world, men judge women on looks A headbutt spells danger in bee talk Visualization Challenge: Prizewinning pictures Silicon wire forest makes wearable solar cells Linchpin of immune system doubles as stroke protector Fight HIV with HIV: 'safe' virus proposed as vaccine
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Arctic arch failure leads to sea-ice exodus
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-26 22:00)
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Dams of ice that usually plug straits leading out of the Arctic Ocean are failing to form, letting sea ice escape to the Atlantic and Pacific
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A gigantic, muddled, jigsaw-puzzle view of science
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-26 21:00)
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From HIV denial to string theory and from postmodernism to petamachines, In Praise of Science by Sander Bais is a coffee-table love letter to science
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Killer whale: the clue's in the name
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-26 20:15)
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Perhaps the oddest explanation for a killer whale trainer's death this week is that the animal was enacting a mating behaviour, says Rowan Hooper
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