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Zeros to heroes: Bayes's probability puzzle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-14 2:07)
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What links modern cosmology to 18th-century musings on billiards? The answer lies in a theorem devised by amateur mathematician Thomas Bayes
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Today on New Scientist: 13 September 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-14 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: internet addictions, building Hubble's heir and Bayes's probability puzzle
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Eureka! How moments of genius happen
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-14 0:35)
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Are creative breakthroughs the product of conscious thought? Andrew Robinson says so in Sudden Genius, but there may be more to the story
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Rich-world diseases could hijack poor world's biotech
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-13 22:07)
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Biotech firms in developing countries could abandon diseases of the poor and switch to developing drugs for the rich, under pressure from big pharma
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Family win $1.5 million in autism-vaccine payout
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-13 20:51)
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But this first ever payout may be a one-off, related to a rare inherited mutation in mitochondrial DNA, says Andy Coghlan
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Nobel physicist: Building Hubble's heir in deep space
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-13 20:22)
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John Mather reveals the challenges of getting the James Webb Space Telescope working on site– a million and a half kilometres away
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CrackBerries and games addicts: Beware an internet hit
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-13 19:10)
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From virtual gaming to social media and smartphones, we are surrounded by online technology– and it's proving unhealthily addictive
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Navigation app gives you freedom to explore
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-12 18:00)
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A smartphone navigation tool promises to keep you heading in the right direction while letting you follow your feet
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Born-again solar cells are more efficient
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-11 18:00)
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Solar cells can be made more efficient over their lifetime if they continually regenerate their light-harvesting mechanisms
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Today on New Scientist: 10 September 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-11 2:25)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the magnetic monopole deficit, TVs that are going social, and privacy for mummies
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