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Moon rock competition winner revealed
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-16 2:15)
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This week's Feedback reveals the lucky winner of our moon rock competition, plus pithy entries from 12 of the runners-up…
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Interview: Fusion in a cold climate
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-16 2:08)
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For most researchers, any mention of cold fusion brings back memories of a shameful period in modern science, but Martin Fleischmann , who instigated the field, says he could not have done anything differently
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Fight the flab to fend off swine flu
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-16 2:00)
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Statistics from the US indicating a link between swine flu deaths and obesity point to potential new ways to fend off the virus
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The calorie delusion: Why food labels are wrong
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-16 2:00)
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Our bodies digest food, rather than incinerate it, a fact that makes the way we count calories flawed and may help explain why so many of us are overweight
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Jefferson would not have supported intelligent design
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-16 1:23)
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Claims in The Boston Globe that Thomas Jefferson would have espoused intelligent design are lazy and wrongheaded, says Ewen Callaway
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Smart tags to reveal where our trash ends up
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-16 0:24)
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New Scientist is collaborating with Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a ground-breaking experiment to electronically tag and follow ordinary trash to the end of its life
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World's oldest tattoos were made of soot
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-15 23:50)
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The tattoos ofÖtzi the 5300-year-old Tyrolean iceman might have served a medicinal rather than decorative purpose
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High-tech cloth is first to shed scalding water
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-15 22:53)
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Super water-repellent materials have all failed against hot water, but a new mix of carbon nanotubes and Teflon proves up to the task
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Brain wiring creates false memories
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-15 21:55)
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False memories don't exist, but the brain connections that give rise to them do– the finding raises the prospect of a test for witness reliability in legal proceedings
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The biologist who broke the Berlin Wall
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-7-15 20:26)
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Janos Vargha 's campaign against to stop construction of a dam on the river Danube brought communist hardliners to their knees– and set the scene for the raising of the Iron Curtain
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