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Eyeless hydra shed light on evolution of the eye
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 9:01)
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Molecules that help jellyfish-like animals sense light suggest how similar compounds in the eyes of mammals could have evolved
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Extinct giant bird DNA recovered from fossil eggs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 9:01)
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DNA from a 19,000-year-old emu eggshell has been isolated– the first time such a feat has been pulled off
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Apollo rocks dusted off to find new evidence of water
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 8:14)
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Forty years after the Apollo astronauts bounced across the moon, new studies are revealing water inside the samples they returned– and showing how close they may have come to water-coated soil
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Singalong-a sulcus: How brains hear music and lyrics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 7:00)
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We may finally have some answers to the hotly debated question of whether the brain processes lyrics and melody separately or as one
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Sushi restaurant raided after Hollywood sting
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 5:21)
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The producers of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove teamed up with government agents to investigate a California restaurant rumoured to be selling whale meat
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Today on New Scientist: 9 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: extermination in paradise, the "midwife molecule" that could have assembled Earth's first life, and why chameleons can eat breakfast
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Mars glacier lubricant could fuel rockets
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 1:41)
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The ice at the planet's north pole may be moving on a bed of salty sludge, which one day could be handy for fuel
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Decision-makers betrayed by their wide eyes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 1:27)
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When people make a decision, their pupils dilate? a cue that could betray intentions, or even converse with people with locked-in syndrome
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Dyson helps to fill Tory policy vacuum
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 0:10)
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At last we have a glimpse of what is going through the mind of the Conservative party, thanks to a report from the industrial designer James Dyson
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How could boozing help you lose weight?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-10 0:07)
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A report suggests that women who drink moderately are less likely to pile on the pounds– what does the study really mean, asks Jessica Hamzelou
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