Coconut crab’s bone-crushing grip is 10 times stronger than ours
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 4:00)
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It’s the largest of all land arthropods and it has the strongest claw of any crustacean on Earth ? strong enough to lift a child or break bones
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Time to stage trials of engineering the atmosphere to cool Earth
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:04)
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Tests of controversial geoengineering methods, especially poorly researched options such as radiation management, must begin in earnest, says?Matthew Watson
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Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth’s core
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:00)
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Water identified far below the surface suggests Earth may contain many oceans’-worth of hidden water throughout the mantle
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SpaceX wants to launch more satellites than are already in orbit
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:00)
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Elon Musk’s space firm is seeking permission to launch 4425 satellites into space with the aim of delivering superfast broadband to the masses
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It’s time to relax the rules on growing human embryos in the lab
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:00)
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Researchers can only study human embryos up to 14 days past fertilisation, but new techniques can go beyond that? a change in the law would benefit all of us
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Treatment for chronic pain can be lethal, but there is an answer
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:00)
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Findings that chronic pain affects the brain's wiring should force the medical profession to take complainants seriously
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The shape of post-Brexit science is becoming clearer
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:00)
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Theresa May has promised to invest an extra£2 billion in British R&D a year by 2020? but proposals to reform research funding are troubling
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Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth's core
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 3:00)
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Water identified far below the surface suggests Earth may contain many oceans’-worth of hidden water throughout the mantle
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Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 1:44)
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The space telescope is set to spend hundreds of hours over the next year picking out the perfect planet for its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, to probe in earnest
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Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-24 0:31)
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Tomorrow, the nation?is expected to announce a move to phase out coal and switch to renewable energy, becoming the first?to outlaw the fossil fuel
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