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Thank the Soviets for Afghan mineral bounty
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-16 0:26)
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A trillion-dollar bounty of iron, copper and other minerals has been found in Afghanistan? thanks to maps made during the Soviet occupation
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'Godless communists' embrace creationism
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-16 0:25)
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American creationists now have the strangest new allies, says Andy Coghlan– in a nation that made atheism its state religion
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What makes good doctors go bad?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 23:45)
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In When Doctors Kill, Joshua Perper and Stephen Cina offer a wealth of arresting if gruesome anecdote on a serious issue
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Green machine: Recycled batteries boost electric cars
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 23:30)
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Making eco-cars more affordable and renewables more practical: why repurposing electric car batteries makes perfect sense
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David de Rothschild: At sea in a soda-bottle boat
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 22:26)
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The eco-adventurer is raising awareness of our damaged oceans by crossing the Pacific on a boat made of soda bottles
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Sea snail venom provides potent pain relief
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 20:49)
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The venom has been used to develop a pill that is 100 times as potent as leading treatments against nerve-related pain
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FDA clamps down on personal genomics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-15 20:35)
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From now on, firms that sell genetic tests will be required to get the agency's approval. Is it sensible regulation or just paternalism?
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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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