Intensive farming 'massively slowed' global warming
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 4:00)
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A new analysis says that the green revolution, with its fertilisers, pesticides and high-yielding hybrids, has restrained greenhouse-gas emissions
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Today on New Scientist: 14 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 2:10)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: what's wrong with the sun, 19th-century tech in the new iPhone, and why vuvuzelas are so annoying
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Computerised critics could find the music you'll like
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 2:04)
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For music sites to be better at suggesting sounds we will like, their computers need to be able to tell trance from tango
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What makes the sound of vuvuzelas so annoying?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 1:54)
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We asked Trevor Cox, president of the UK Institute of Acoustics, to explain the penetrating sound of these noisy plastic trumpets
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US animal researchers face criminal charges
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 0:17)
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Staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could face jail or heavy fines for carrying out decompression experiments on sheep for the US navy
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Innovation: 19th-century tech makes a smarter iPhone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-14 22:31)
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Apple's iPhone 4 is the first smartphone to pack a gyroscope. The technology may be old, but the potential applications are anything but
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Refashioned rat livers could boost transplants
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-14 22:23)
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Livers stripped bare of their original tissue then recoated with new cells have been successfully transplanted into rats for the first time
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Hayabusa: The falcon has landed - what's it caught?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-14 22:12)
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A capsule from the spacecraft has landed in Australia– now we must wait to find out if it contains the first asteroid sample brought back to Earth
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Extreme tactics in the battle to resume whaling
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-14 20:37)
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Undercover reporters have produced evidence that Japanese officials offer aid to small nations in exchange for a vote in favour of whaling, says Wendy Zukerman
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Birds as you've never seen them before
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-14 19:00)
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Forget binoculars: for a dramatic view of life on the wing, check out the images in Birds, photographer Andrew Zuckerman's latest book
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