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Zoologger: The largest arthropod to prowl the land
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 21:00)
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As the sun sets over a beautiful Pacific island, a monster crab emerges from its burrow
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Paul Raffaele: Meeting (almost) every great ape
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 17:00)
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The adventure writer found absent humans more frightening than a half-tonne gorilla during his quest to see all the great ape species left in the wild
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Females wear the horns in the battle for dung
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 9:01)
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It is usually the male of the species who bears arms, but in the epic battle for dung, female beetles have resorted to horned aggression
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Pest control that's too hot for bugs to handle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 9:01)
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A new heat treatment system turns bug-infested buildings into temporary ovens, hot enough to desiccate the pests but leaving the property unharmed
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Mind-controlled prosthetics without brain surgery
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 7:00)
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Intricate, three-dimensional hand motions have been "read" from the brain using nothing but scalp electrodes
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Hella way to describe massive numbers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:45)
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An online petition is calling for the introduction of a new prefix to describe ten to the power of 27
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Finding the facts that online news leaves out
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:39)
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A prototype service called Tell Me More trawls the web to source quotes, figures and other information to augment any given online article
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Brain scans now catch chemicals too
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:09)
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A way to visualise chemicals washing through the brain could vastly extend the power of fMRI, a workhorse of neuroscience
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Politicians have been misled by innovation myths
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:00)
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Politicians always try to squeeze profit out of science, but a new report suggests they've been going about it the wrong way
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What would you ask Ian McEwan?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 1:30)
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Tomorrow New Scientist is going to interview author Ian McEwan about, among other things, his latest novel Solar. Send us your questions for him
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