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Super-Earths may be hostile to life
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 21:00)
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Rocky planets a few times heavier than Earth could be solid to the core, making them unable to generate magnetic fields that fend off harmful cosmic rays
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Secret of ultra-hard graphite unlocked
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 19:00)
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Simulations may have found the atomic structure of a high-pressure form of graphite that can crack diamond
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Today on New Scientist: 5 November 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: where Earth's water came from, seeing "invisible" galaxies and Mexican slime mould
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Earth may have had water from day one
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 2:15)
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The planet's water came from the dust from which Earth was born? and not simply from comet or asteroid impacts, new calculations suggest
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Extinct bears found underwater
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 2:04)
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Underwater archaeologists have discovered the skulls of four Arctotherium - a genus of short-faced bear that went extinct 11,300 years ago
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Personal genomics tests prompt lifestyle changes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 2:00)
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A small dose of genetic information could cure complacency about weight loss and exercise
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Automated traders eye up unlikely locations
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 1:19)
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To stay a millisecond ahead of the competition, automated trading facilities could start springing up in far-flung spots around the globe
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Surveyor seals reveal secrets of Antarctic depths
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 0:56)
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Elephant seals wearing depth sensors are helping to map the sea beds around Antarctica and so helping to explain the collapse of ice shelves
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Green machine: Heat scavengers come in from the cold
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 0:50)
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After decades of research, cost-effective ways of harnessing free heat might soon be in reach
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Feedback: Apple stem cell fruitloopery
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-6 0:44)
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Apple stem cells in your face, the cunning plans of New Age terrorists, a beef stock paradox, and more
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