Eat bacteria to boost brain power
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 21:00)
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Studies in mice suggest that playing in the dirt could make us smarter
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Autism-MMR doctor is not giving up
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 20:00)
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Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who drew the now discredited link between autism and the MMR vaccine, remains defiant
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Mathematical mystery tour
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 19:55)
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Cows in the Maze by Ian Stewart is a demanding collection of "mathematical explorations"– some serious, others trivial– from Scientific American
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The taste of tiny: Putting nanofoods on the menu
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 19:05)
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From saltier salt to less fattening fat, comfort food that's engineered to be good for you will soon be on your supermarket shelves
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Icelandic volcano's ash blanket was electric
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 8:00)
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An electric charge detected in Eyjafjallajökull's ash cloud could lead to airborne detectors that warn pilots of dangerous flying conditions
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Watch the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in real time
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:25)
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Can't believe that the Deepwater Horizon oil pipe is still leaking? Now there's a way to check for yourself
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Mysterious fossil is first ancestor of the squid
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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A famous half-billion-year-old fossil, one of the "weird wonders" from Canada's Burgess Shale, may be a cephalopod
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Biofuels learn to eat less
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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Production of bioethanol has attracted global controversy because it uses important food crops. That could be about to change
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Special report: Where next for synthetic life?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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Craig Venter's creation of a synthetic cell was a tour de force, but the fruits of synthetic biology are more likely to come by other means
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Today on New Scientist: 26 May 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-27 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: where synthetic life will go next, how biofuels will learn to eat less, and a tiny particle's big moment
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