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Ancient pawns: pieces from 5000-year-old board games?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-17 2:04)
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At a 5000-year-old burial site in Turkey, archaeologists have found 49 small sculpted pieces that could belong to some of the earliest known board games
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Astrophile: Elderly couple kicked out of the galaxy
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-17 2:03)
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A chance encounter with a mid-sized black hole probably sent two white dwarfs flying from their birth cluster and leaving the Milky Way
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-17 1:45)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: the lightning enigma, what the world's oldest temple was for, cancer-defying mole rat, loose moose, and more
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Radar warns drivers when there's a moose on the loose
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-17 1:00)
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A radar-based system detects when large animals are near a road and uses flashing street signs to warn drivers
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Brain scans could lead to consciousness 'gold standard'
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-17 0:38)
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A new brain-imaging technique lets researchers assess different states of consciousness in people who are comatose, while another allows such patients to communicate
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An unearthly answer to the lightning enigma
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-17 0:00)
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A lightning bolt is four times hotter than the sun's surface, yet we don't know what triggers it. Alexandr Gurevich thinks the culprit is cosmic rays (full text available to subscribers)
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Quake-proof cathedral made of cardboard unveiled
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-16 23:08)
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In 2011, an earthquake destroyed the cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand. Its new replacement has 98 giant cardboard tubes to withstand future quakes
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Head hurts? Zap the wonder nerve in your neck
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-16 23:00)
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Stimulating the vagus nerve using bolts of electricity might be able to help with headaches, tinnitus and even Alzheimer's disease
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『エイズの起源』／シャーガス病／工学女子／大学発ベンチャー調査／「京」の今後／ジェットパック試験飛行
from 森山和道
(2013-8-16 22:06)
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Sunbots aim to slash the cost of solar arrays
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-16 22:00)
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A booming solar industry could use a robotic helping hand if it's to compete with fossil fuels as a global energy provider
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