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Spectacular rainbow volcano on Mars
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:22)
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A stunning image of the Tharsis Tholus volcano on Mars shows off its Everest-challenging peaks
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Who invented the light bulb?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:20)
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An exhibition celebrating the ingenuity of everyday objects doesn't delve deeply enough into the history, science and technology that underlies them
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Today on New Scientist: 9 November 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:12)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: cotton transistors, cross-dressing birds, a single-molecule nanocar and a superconductor flying saucer
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Archaeopteryx was robed in black
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:05)
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A single feather from a 150 million-year-old Archaeopteryx has revealed that the prehistoric bird had black plumage
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How the cold, dead moon stayed magnetic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:00)
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Apollo moon rocks show the moon had a magnetic field long after its core was thought to have stopped churning– two new studies suggest what kept the core stirred up
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Single molecule nanocar takes its first spin
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:00)
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The vehicle, which has four wheels that all rotate in the same direction when zapped with a beam of electrons, may help reveal why nature's tiny motors are so efficient
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Lab-grown hormone factory put to work
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 3:00)
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A fully-functioning pituitary gland has been grown out of embryonic stem cells and successfully transplanted into mice
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Warm water lured landlubber animals back to sea
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 2:21)
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Vertebrates moved out of the sea and onto land once, 365 million years ago, but many animals later went back– only when the water was warm, though
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Cotton transistors weave comfort into electronics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-10 2:01)
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The next generation of wearable electronics could be a lot more comfy, thanks to transistors made from cotton fibres
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Zoologger: The only cross-dressing bird of prey
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-11-9 9:01)
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Some male marsh harriers spend their adult lives mimicking females, apparently to avoid being attacked by other males
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