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Plant nurseries in clover after finding four-leaf gene
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 23:04)
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Gene finds could give us all the four-leaf clovers we want, as well as other rare coloured and patterned varieties, and new ornamental hybrids
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Cosmic bubble made cold spot in big bang afterglow
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 22:54)
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Such bubbles might have formed just fractions of a second after the universe came into existence, when it grew dramatically in size
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Gulf oil spill: Are dispersants not so bad after all?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 21:37)
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The dispersants being used to clean up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be less toxic than initially thought
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Turbo-boosting plants won't save us from climate change
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 21:10)
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A slew of new studies suggest that plants will not start storing extra carbon dioxide and slow down global warming, says Michael Marshall
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When Egyptian plunder made Enlightenment propaganda
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 21:08)
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Catholic doctrine meets Egyptian astronomy in The Zodiac of Paris by Jed Z. Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz
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Fossilised cell blobs could be oldest multicellular life
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 20:50)
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At 2.1 billion years old, the 12-centimetre-long fossils from Gabon are 200 million years older than the previous record-holder
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Evolvability: How to cash in on the genetic lottery
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 19:27)
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When the going gets tough, the tough get evolving? and some organisms have ways to stack the odds in their favour
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Instant Expert: General relativity
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 19:14)
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From the expanding universe to black holes and quantum gravity, here's what you need to know about Einstein's masterwork. First of a new monthly series
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Ultimate eclipse photo: Easter Island, here I come
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 19:00)
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On 11 July 2010, a solar eclipse will be visible from Easter Island. Dan Falk plans to be there to take the ultimate photograph.
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Artificial life: let the people decide
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-1 17:53)
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Public dialogues on contentious technologies like synthetic biology need teeth, say Tom Wakeford and Jackie Haq ? otherwise there's no point
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