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This week's top stories [30 April 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 22:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. World grabs more and more toilet paper Briefing: The man who's got a whole new face Decaying beauty spied for first time by LHC Maxed out: How much can a human lift? Maxed out: How high can you go? Maxed out: How long could you hold your breath? Today on New Scientist: 23 April 2010 Maxed out: How much radiation can we take? Parkinson's protection without caffeine or nicotine Tireless diving robot feeds on the ocean's heat
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UK election: Verdict on the final debate
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 21:55)
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The third debate between the leaders of the three main parties revealed much about their psychologies, say Raj Persaud and James W. Pennebaker
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UK election: Who cares about science?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 20:35)
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The only aspect of science that candidates get excited about is the lack of explosions in modern science classes, says Smitha Mundasad
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Southpaws: The evolution of handedness
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 20:13)
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Birds do it, bees do it. But why do they? and other animals from cats to whales ? favour one claw, paw, antenna or eye over the other?
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The artistic choices lurking within Hubble images
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 19:51)
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To understand how Hubble astronomers process raw black-and-white data to make the images we see, look to the old west, says Elizabeth Kessler
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Innovation: The Wi-Fi database that shamed Google
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 19:49)
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Without telling anyone, Google's cars have been cruising the streets gathering details of private Wi-Fi networks
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Jerry Zucker: Taking scientists to the movies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 19:05)
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The director and producer talks about improving the way films portray science, why film-makers and scientists hit it off and how he helped Iron Man 2
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Jerry Zucker: Taking scientists to the movies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 19:05)
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The director and producer talks about improving the way films portray science, why film-makers and scientists hit it off and how he helped Iron Man 2
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First genetic discrimination claim since US ban
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 18:44)
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A Connecticut woman claims she lost her job because she has a breast cancer gene, says Ewen Callaway
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Melting icebergs boost sea-level rise
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-30 17:00)
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Ice cubes don't increase the water level in your cup as they melt, so why are melting icebergs raising the oceans?
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