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Jackhammer 'superdrill' could speed mine rescues
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-15 1:54)
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A drill now in development could reach miners trapped underground much more quickly than is possible with today's equipment
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Zoologger: Robin Hood meets his underwater match
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-15 1:42)
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Archerfish may not carry a bow and arrow, but all they need to shoot like a merry man is the chance to watch an expert at target practice
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Do Dartmoor's ancient stones have link to Stonehenge?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-15 1:15)
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Striking similarities between a southern English monument and Stonehenge, 180 kilometres to the east, suggest they may be the work of the same people
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Climategate scientists chastised over statistics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-15 0:06)
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The third independent inquiry into climatologists at the University of East Anglia finds no wrongdoing, but says they should brush up their statistics
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First blood to Atlas at the Large Hadron Collider
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-14 23:56)
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The massive detector has beaten a rival instrument to the LHC's first sighting of W boson particles, a milestone on the road to fresh discoveries
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The science in the Liberal Democrat election manifesto
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-14 22:45)
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The last of the major UK parties' manifestos has been published. Nick Dusic sorts through their promises to scientists
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Does psychiatry make us mad?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-14 22:40)
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In Anatomy of an Epidemic, Robert Whitaker argues that medical incompetence and self-interest are behind rocketing rates of mental illness in the US
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We can help stop nuclear theft, say science groups
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-14 22:26)
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A major meeting on nuclear security in Washington DC could have benefited from our input, say scientific organisations
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NASA capsule to win new life as escape pod
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-14 22:25)
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NASA's crew capsule Orion, cancelled along with the rest of the agency's moon plans earlier this year, is set to be reborn as an emergency escape vehicle
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E. O. Wilson: Why I wrote a novel– about ants
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-12 23:57)
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He's defined the field of entomology and influenced generations of naturalists. But though his tale is seen through insect eyes, it's really about us
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