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'Astronauts' take first steps on 'Mars'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 3:12)
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After spending eight months in a mock spaceship in Moscow, Mars500 crew members got to explore a simulated Martian landscape on Monday
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Welcome to lovers' island
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 3:10)
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Is the heart-shaped island of Galešnjak the most romantic destination in the world?
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Today on New Scientist: 14 February 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: cyberstalking lovers, a kinect hack to turn you into superman, and the human side of gonorrhoea
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Better than human? What's next for Jeopardy! computer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 2:59)
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A bright future awaits computer system Watson now that it has shown it can compete with previous winners of the complicated US quiz
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Why some gonorrhoea bacteria are a little bit human
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 2:40)
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A study suggests around one in 10 gonorrhoea bacteria carry a small chunk of human DNA in their genetic makeup
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Partygoers waylaid by the science of sex
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 2:40)
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Reeling in the punters at a London ball, Guerrilla Science taught them a lot about sex and science communication
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Electronic toy turns human body into an instrument
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 1:45)
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The new toy encourages users to grab a partner and make beautiful music, or just silly sound effects, by holding the toy and prodding and poking one another
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Inventing modern science over eggs and bacon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-15 1:45)
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In The Philosophical Breakfast Club, Laura Snyder pins the rise of science as we know it on the weekly meetings of four great 19th-century thinkers
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Cars set to become the 'fourth screen'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-14 23:30)
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After the television, the computer and the smartphone, is the car set to become the consumer electronics industry's "fourth screen"?
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Frankenstein syndrome: Why do we fear making humans?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-2-14 22:47)
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From IVF to artificial wombs, why does each advance in reproductive technology still conjure up visions of monsters or Hitler clones, asks Philip Ball (full text available to subscribers)
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