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What should Pluto's new moon be named?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 6:19)
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Its current designation, S/2011 P1, hardly trips off the tongue, and "Runt" seems uncharitable
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X-rays reveal sloth's sluggish, energy-conscious ways
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 4:00)
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While X-rays show sloths use standard locomotion, their unique anatomy allows them to be energetically thrifty
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Male infertility linked to protein invisibility cloak
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 3:00)
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Seven out of 10 infertile men don't seem to have anything wrong with them– perhaps their sperm can't sneak past the female immune system
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Today on New Scientist: 20 July 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Daily pill can end HIV epidemic, a fourth moon around Pluto, and a mushroom death suit
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Most advanced genetic map may pinpoint diseases
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 2:00)
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The chromosome crossovers in egg and sperm cells sometimes lead to genetic diseases. A new map identifies 2500 of them unique to African Americans
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Daily pill can end HIV epidemic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 2:00)
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After a series of successful trials, antiretroviral drugs are poised to transform HIV from a global killer into a rare disease (full text available to subscribers)
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Somalia: How the UN defines a famine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 1:49)
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The official definition of famine, established in 2005, is more detailed than you might think
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Fourth moon discovered around Pluto
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 1:23)
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Pluto may have lost its planet status, but it has an entourage of moons that could prove an obstacle course for visiting spacecraft
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Follow the Curiosity rover as it hunts Martians
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 0:50)
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Watch this animation to see how NASA's latest Mars rover will seek out life on the Red Planet
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Do we really need more science graduates?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-7-21 0:38)
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It is often taken as a given that the UK is in desperate need of more science graduates. Charlie Ball argues that the statistics tell another story
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