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Replacement artificial heart keeps first patient alive
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 22:49)
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An artificial heart made by the French firm Carmat has been implanted in its first human patient– and is working well so far
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Improvise! Shoestring solutions to big physics
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 19:00)
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What do you do when the money's too short to run your expensive experiment? Reach for the duct tape, ping pong balls and taco sauce, says Richard Webb (full text available to subscribers)
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2014 preview: Three-parent babies close to conception
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 17:00)
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The UK parliament will vote on a novel form of IVF that allows women with mitochondrial mutations to have a child without fear of passing on disease
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Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 3:00)
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Our crudest outbursts can unravel ancient links between words and thoughts. They may even hint at our ancestors' first utterances, finds Tiffany O'Callaghan (full text available to subscribers)
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 2:45)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: festive science from a chocolate lab to better Christmas trees, reviews of 2013, previews of 2014 and more
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2014 preview: Google Glass for the masses
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 2:00)
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Many of us will have our view of the world transformed if Google Glass, due to launch in 2014, proves to be a hit
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Magical giant: The story of a much-loved museum whale
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-31 0:00)
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Created in the 1930s, the life-size model blue whale at London's Natural History Museum has lost none of its ability to thrill crowds
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Snow monkey leaps into hell
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-30 21:00)
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Macaques love Jigokudani monkey park in Nagano prefecture, Japan. "Jigokudani" means "hell valley", although it is actually a rather heavenly place
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The great white lie: What snowflakes really look like
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-30 19:00)
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The classic image of a symmetrical, six-sided snowflake is everywhere at this time of the year. But that's not what you'll see falling from the sky (full text available to subscribers)
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2014 preview: Private internet to beat the spooks
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-30 17:00)
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The after-effects of the NSA spying revelations could lead to fragmentation of the internet
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