Why I set up an inventors' championship
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 22:59)
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As a major driver of modern economies, science has to deliver, and soon. An unusual forum for investors can make sure it does, says Simon Schneider
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Medical imaging used to probe Tower of London mural
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 21:51)
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Artists' secrets often lie concealed in their work, but now medical imaging might help historians learn about what lurks beneath the paint
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Country vs city: Green spaces are better for you
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 20:21)
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Country-dwellers miss out on the bustle and bright lights? but getting back to nature is good for everything from diabetes to depression (full text available to subscribers)
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Cannabis compounds make females more masculine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 5:00)
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Activating cannabis receptors in newborn female rats make them play like males and have more masculine brains
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Nuclear bomb debris holds clues to who planted it
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 5:00)
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Analysis of the debris from the first atomic explosion shows that such remnants could help nuclear detectives piece together a bomb's origins
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115 years under the surface: Happy birthday, X-rays
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 3:12)
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From medicine to molecular biology and Egyptology to airports, X-ray imaging has come a long way in 115 years
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Today on New Scientist: 8 November 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-9 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: mini big bangs at the LHC, the cyborg that's part moth, and 10-year hurricane forecasting
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Whale mass strandings linked to hearing loss
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-8 21:30)
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As a pod of whales beach themselves off the coast of Ireland, new research links strandings to hearing loss
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10-year hurricane forecasts are on the way
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-8 21:15)
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Coastal communities may soon be able to plan their hurricane defences a decade in advance
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Graveyard of deep-sea corals found in Gulf
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-8 20:57)
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A graveyard of deep-sea gorgonian corals has been discovered 11 kilometres south-west of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
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