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What's at stake at this week's climate summit in Lima
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 4:30)
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Negotiators are hammering out what major nations will promise in a year's time in Paris? but climate scientists are wary about what good it will do
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#RosettaWatch: Comet water is not like Earth's
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 4:00)
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The idea that comets brought water to the young Earth has taken a blow after the discovery that comet 67P's water is very different to that of our planet
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That CIA torture methods were pointless is no shock
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 3:30)
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While the US intelligence agency brutalised detainees, evidence that torture was counterproductive was staring it in the face, says Michael Bond
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Get your head around the 13 boldest ideas in science
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 3:11)
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The experts share their tips for imagining higher dimensions, going back before the big bang, understanding evolution and grasping quantum weirdness
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Dragonflies anticipate their prey's flight path
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 3:00)
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Lock-on, orientate, pursue, pounce, dinner. For the first time, an insect has been shown to capture moving prey predictively
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The wrong tools for the job?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 2:45)
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A health scare linking a common surgical device with the spread of cancer has sparked furious debate over safety standards, says Alison Motluk
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 2:30)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: survival of the friendliest, cosmic winds sculpt galaxies, beautiful, smelly, sexy orchids, brain-zapping and more
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Young, hotheaded stars could host habitable worlds
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 2:10)
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"Infant Earths" could expand the search for alien life– but there's a warning note for supposedly habitable planets orbiting mature stars
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Cosmic rays drive the galactic pottery wheel
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 1:06)
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The flat disc shape of the Milky Way galaxy had been a mystery. Now simulations suggest it could be thanks to winds driven by charged particles
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The sun and Jupiter could reveal space-time ripples
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-12-11 0:41)
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The wobbles caused by gigantic gravitational waves have never been measured directly, but we could use the sun and Jupiter as a huge wave detector
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