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2010 preview: Automotive X Prize contestants power up
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-21 4:00)
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From May, more than 40 teams will compete for a share of a $10 million prize for the most efficient car that could be mass-produced
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Beware humans bearing gifts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-20 19:00)
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Giving and receiving presents is a simple pleasure, isn't it? No, it's a social and economic battlefield, says philosopher Robert Rowland Smith
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2010 preview: Tooth-mounted hearing aid for the masses
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 21:00)
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Beethoven used a primitive version, but it's something much more sophisticated that is set to restore hearing to people with a common form of deafness
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Richard Wrangham: Cooking is what made us human
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 19:00)
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Cooking food allowed our ancestors to evolve our big brains, the zoologist argues, and created the gender roles still observed by most people
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Copenhagen chaos sets world on track for 3.5˚C
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 13:30)
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In the early hours of Saturday morning, the climate talks fell to pieces and climate modellers predicted dangerous levels of man-made global warming
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Copenhagen climate talks break down, head for failure
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 9:48)
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Climate talks seemed close to a deal but at the eleventh hour have taken two steps back and are headed for failure, says Catherine Brahic.
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Copenhagen diaries: ... and then there were four
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 3:53)
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The Copenhagen talks are now in extra time. Gloom and a strange silence has descended on the meeting rooms and corridors, says Fred Pearce
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Today on New Scientist: 18 December 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 3:36)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: why you're bound to say the wrong thing, the clearest sign yet of dark matter and the latest from Copenhagen
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Sceptical climate researcher won't divulge key program
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 2:33)
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A physicist whose work is often highlighted by climate-change sceptics is refusing to provide the software he used to other climate researchers
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Where is Happyville, USA?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 2:09)
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The first ever league table of happiness in US states combines surveys of Americans and objective indicators of quality of life
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