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How do you control a spermbot? Try a magnetic field
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 5:00)
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Tiny hybrid robots could shepherd individual sperm to eggs to help fertilisation, or to deliver targeted doses of drugs
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Grow a new brain: First steps to lab-made grey matter
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 4:30)
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Make a gelatin scaffold, add a pinch of brain tissue with the cells removed, followed by stem cells? and watch the neurons grow
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Physical keys could take away the pain of passwords
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 4:00)
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If you can't remember all your passwords, take heart: hardware tokens that can't be cloned will soon offer secure access to your digital life
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Eye-tracker lets you drag and drop files with a glance
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 3:37)
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A device that keeps an eye on what you're looking at could one day make transferring files between devices as easy as shifting your gaze
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3D-printed skull simulates sensations of brain surgery
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 3:06)
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Layers of stretchy skin, hard bone and jelly-like tumour in this 3D-printed model skull give surgeons an experience that feels just like the real thing
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America's hidden epidemic of tropical diseases
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 3:00)
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Millions of US citizens suffer from neglected tropical diseases that most doctors there have barely heard of, linked to both poverty and the warming climate
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Play video games to help military secure its software
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 3:00)
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Five video games created for the US military's research agency get players spotting coding errors and holes that hackers could wriggle into
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Diet switch sparks gut bug revolution in just 24 hours
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 3:00)
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Microbes in the gut change rapidly after a move to diets based purely on animals or plants. The finding could aid efforts to fine-tune diets to boost health
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 2:45)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: modern-world morals, new Saturn moon, damp spots on Mars, climate change confusion for bats, Maine shrimp crash and more
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Modern moral responses need a manual mode
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-12-12 1:00)
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Our moral reasoning is based on cognitive glitches? we need to rethink it for the world we live in now, says moral psychologist Joshua Greene (full text available to subscribers)
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