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Cosmic accidents: Killer asteroid with a silver lining
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 2:30)
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A 10-kilometre-wide rock did for the dinosaurs, but smashed open a window of opportunity for unimpressive little animals called mammals
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Today on New Scientist: 1 October 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: how to recruit a smart team, homebrew technology, Facebook movie, 3D without glasses, and more
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Homebrew technology: Meet New Scientist's junk robot
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 1:55)
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Build a robot that can draw out of little more than an old computer fan
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Ban all tobacco advertising, say US paediatricians
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 1:30)
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The glamour generated by the $25-billion-a-year US tobacco advertising spend confuses the non-smoking message from parents and teachers
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Large brains bust baggage allowance for migratory bats
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 1:18)
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Migratory bats have smaller brains than their stay-at-home cousins, suggesting they cannot afford the luxury of lugging a large brain on long journeys
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Best of the Ig Nobel prizes 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 1:03)
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A $10 trillion prize, reversed-order footwear, video too explicit to show and words too foul to print all featured in this year's Ig Nobel awards
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Tuskegee 2: How the US gave syphilis to Guatemalans
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 0:46)
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US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has apologised for a 1940s study that deliberately infected Guatemalans with syphilis
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China's Chang'e 2 blasts towards moon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 0:26)
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Night launch for the next step in China's robotic lunar programme, which ultimately aims to bring samples from the moon to Earth
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Cosmic accidents: One giant leap for a single cell
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-2 0:26)
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A freak event created the ancestor of all multicellular life on Earth. Without this unconventional genesis, we might never have become more than bacteria
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Work light twice as hard to make cheap solar cells
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-10-1 23:25)
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The most energetic photons hitting a solar cell pack enough of a punch to free up two electrons, rather than the usual one, and generate more current
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