'Flawed' Red List putting species at risk
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 3:00)
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A growing number of conservationists are questioning the scientific quality of the Red List, a hugely influential barometer of extinction risk
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Second Genesis: Life, but not as we know it
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 3:00)
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One kind of life is all we know, but that's about to change, right here on our planet, says Bob Holmes
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From AC to DC: Going green with supergrids
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 3:00)
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Power lines stretching across continents would allow us to ditch fossil fuels for good– and prove Edison right about direct current in the process
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High-speed brains are in the genes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 3:00)
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Spectacular images of the brain's wiring reveal that more aspects of intelligence are inherited than previously known
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Cheat test turns athletes' blood into a passport
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 2:23)
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A pioneering new method for identifying sports cheats could potentially be good enough to be used in court
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Witness a journey to the bottom of a glacier
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 2:02)
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Unprecedented video from deep inside Greenland's ice sheet reveals the internal plumbing of glaciers, and how it might help them move
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Witness a journey to the bottom of an ice sheet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 2:02)
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Unprecedented video from deep inside Greenland's ice sheet reveals the internal plumbing of glaciers, and how it might help them move
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Wireless Tasers extend the long arm of the law
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 1:33)
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The Taser XREP, a wireless dart that delivers a short, disorienting burst of electricity, has double the range of previous tethered versions
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Instant 'vaccine' zaps human cancers in mice
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-12 0:10)
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Work in the US means we might one day be able to instantly round up a patient's existing supply of antibodies to fight any disease
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Global warming reaches the Antarctic abyss
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-3-11 21:21)
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Even water in the chilly depths of the Southern Ocean is getting warmer, according to results announced at the Copenhagen climate change congress
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