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Terry Pratchett: Fighting to keep the fantasy alive
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 19:44)
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The prolific author discusses tinkering with science, his battle with Alzheimer's, and the odds of escaping from a crab bucket
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David Nutt: Governments should get real on drugs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 19:40)
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David Nutt was sacked from his role as chairman of the UK's official advisory body on drugs for his outspoken views. He explains why governments should not ignore scientific evidence
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Ten inventions that changed the world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 19:38)
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See the result of a public vote to find the most important invention ever from the collection of the Science Museum, London
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Murderer with 'aggression genes' gets sentence cut
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 7:27)
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An Italian judge's decision to shorten a killer's sentence because of his genes is raising the question of whether genes can ever absolve responsibility for a particular act
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Drug chief sacking could stifle 'polydrug' research
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 7:19)
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If protests continue over the sacking of the UK's chief scientific advisor on recreational drugs, vital research on the problems of multiple drug use would be shelved
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Injected cells stop body from attacking self
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 3:24)
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A virtually unlimited supply of rare cells can now be produced in the lab to fight diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis in mice
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Today on New Scientist: 3 November 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: a challenge to the "out of Africa" theory, the world's rarest species, and the secrets of Carl Jung's "lost" book
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Jung's Red Book: The art of psychology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-4 2:01)
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Carl Jung's "lost" book? just published for the first time ? is a cornerstone of our intellectual history, says its editor Sonu Shamdasani
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Giant jewels and spray toads: The world's rarest species
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 22:56)
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More species than ever before are facing extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List . See some of the most endangered
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Michael Green: On the shoulders of Newton and Hawking
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 22:00)
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The physicist follows Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking into the Lucasian chair of mathematics at the University of Cambridge
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