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Today on New Scientist: 11 December 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-12 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how plastic bags are being recycled into nanotubes, why the BMJ's criticisms of Tamiflu are themselves being questioned, and how to slice a pizza perfectly
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How male bedbugs avoid getting shafted
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-12 2:53)
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Males in danger of stab wounds from the penises of other males have evolved a way of telling their "mates" to back off
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Google demonstrates quantum computer image search
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-12 2:50)
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Trials show that an algorithm running on a superconducting quantum chip can recognise cars in photos "faster than any Google data centre"
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BMJ criticisms of Tamiflu questioned
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-12 2:10)
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The journal's new analysis fails to show drug is ineffective against seasonal flu, and the claims are irrelevant to pandemic flu anyway
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DNA's guardian gene found in placozoans
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-12 1:10)
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Tiny amoeba-like animals have the same key protective gene as humans, shedding light on when it evolved
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Plastic bags recycled into nanotubes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-11 23:43)
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Waste polyethylene from shopping bags and other sources can easily be converted into carbon nanotubes suitable for use in batteries
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This week's top stories [11 December 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-11 23:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Dear God, please confirm what I already believe Physicists race to publish first results from LHC Large moon of Uranus may explain odd tilt Why there's no sign of a climate conspiracy in hacked emails French immigrants founded first British farms Today on New Scientist: 4 December 2009 Wagering on the 'God particle' Eat protein to heal a damaged brain Avatar's gaze illuminates social brain This week's top stories [04 December 2009]
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The polar bear vanishes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-11 21:20)
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The Ice Bear was sculpted this morning from a 9-tonne block of ice in London. Watch it melt via our live feed, or send us your photos of it
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Art-Sci, 70s style
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-11 21:00)
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Ismond Rosen married psychoanalysis, art and technology - and 1970s Freudian attitudes are evident in his work
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Biological passport to catch sports cheats
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-11 20:45)
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The composition of an athlete's blood can now be used as evidence of illegal doping, even if no substance is found
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