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Sparks fly over origin of altruism
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 22:38)
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A new view of kin selection says it is part of a broader theory describing the evolution of behaviour in general
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Reports of miracle drugs are no substitute for trials
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 22:14)
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How did a collection of case reports lead to an untested drug being administered all over the world to people with serious bleeding, asks Ian Roberts
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Emission control: Turning carbon trash into treasure
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 20:18)
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Carbon dioxide may be bad for the climate, but it's good for the roses. Perhaps it's time we rehabilitated this gaseous villain
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Taser shotgun firm shoots itself in foot
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 20:05)
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The UK Home Office has revoked the licence of the company who supplied an unauthorised Taser shotgun to British police
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Dinner is served... in a Petri dish
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 19:31)
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A new course at Harvard allows students to study the physics and material science behind cookery
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Cosmic accidents: Sparking up our star
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 19:06)
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What does it take to make a solar system? Hydrogen, helium, interstellar dust? and a spark to set it on fire
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A fifth of all wild plant species face extinction
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 19:05)
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The Sampled Red List Index for Plants reveals that one-fifth of all plant species are on the brink? a higher proportion than for birds
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Zoologger: Ancient air-breathing, triple-jawed fish
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 8:01)
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If it ain't bust, don't fix it? the butterflyfish has taken the saying to extremes, living the same peculiar lifestyle for 57 million years
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Countdown to oblivion: Why time itself could end
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 4:31)
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The notion of a multiverse means time could end, taking us with it– although the axe won't fall for 5 billion years or so
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Today on New Scientist: 28 September 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-29 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: cancer-curing Viagra, Hawking radiation in an artificial black hole, and how to be happy
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