Hubble's over-budget successor may be delayed for years
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:42)
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The ambitious James Webb Space Telescope, already over budget and behind schedule, will be delayed by at least another year, to 2015, says a review panel
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Genetically altered mosquitoes thwart dengue spreaders
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:27)
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First outdoor trial of genetically modified mosquitoes promises new strategy against killer disease
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Biofuels will up Euro greenhouse emissions
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:15)
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European plans for biofuel in cars and trucks willcreate more greenhouse emissions, not less
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Today on New Scientist: 11 November 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: the dawn of thermogeddon, the Toyota Prius of the sky and a robot that plays improvised jazz
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Green machine: Markets hint at 100-year energy gap
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 2:57)
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A study of share prices suggests investors don't expect alternative-energy technology to take off until 2140– a century after we run out of oil
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Award-winning writer reveals humans behind the cells
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 2:55)
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Rebecca Skloot's debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, took 10 years to write– but it rights some historic injustices, she says
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Escaping the city lights for the Northern Lights
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 2:40)
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Paris and London shine brightly under clear skies, while the Northern Lights glow green in this new image of Earth taken from space
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Countdown to 'thermogeddon' has begun
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 1:30)
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Tropical air now has to get a little hotter and more humid than it did in the 1980s before produces rain, with serious implications for human survival
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Is this evidence that we can see the future?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 1:29)
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A controversial paper claims to provide experimental evidence for human precognition– and it's been accepted by a leading social psychology journal
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Surface detail hides deep questions in new Banks novel
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 0:42)
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Iain M. Banks's latest sci-fi novel, Surface Detail, delivers on tech and space battles, but also raises theological questions close to the human heart
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