Desert lizard can sip water from sand through its feet and back
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 7:00)
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No water in sight? No worries, if you're a thorny devil: you just cover yourself in soggy sand and water starts flowing to your mouth
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Drug that stops brain plaques may show if they cause Alzheimer’s
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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A drug has been shown to switch off plaque production in the brain harmlessly, but trial results due next summer might reveal?if this halts disease
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First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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Evidence of advanced tools and art found 200km away from the coast shows first humans conquered inner Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought
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We must do more to stop air strikes on Aleppo’s hospitals
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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The bombing of hospitals in rebel-held parts of the Syrian city is deepening a desperate health crisis, warns aid worker Pablo Marco
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If you value science, there’s only one way to vote on 8 November
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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Neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump really deserves to win the White House, but one really deserves to lose
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A huge problem still lurks at the heart of Paris climate deal
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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As the Paris climate deal becomes legally binding, the world must stop pinning hopes on negative emissions technology, say Kevin Anderson and Glen Peters
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Classic quantum experiment could conceal theory of everything
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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A tweak to the iconic double-slit experiment could reveal if quantum mechanics is incomplete, and maybe lead to a theory of quantum gravity
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Make America whole again: how the US can heal its political rift
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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The US presidential election is almost over, but the divide between conservatives and liberals will remain after the vote. Whoever wins, can the country make up?
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A bit of disgust can change how confident you feel
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 2:00)
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Your heart speeds up after seeing a face of disgust and can make you more? or less ? confident, a discovery that could lead to treatments for anxiety
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What is it like to be a bot? The strange world of telerobotics
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 1:16)
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Telepresence technology may soon give us new insight into one of philosophy's most intriguing questions
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