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UK election: Lib Dems' plans for the STFC
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-6 2:20)
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The Liberal Democrats have promised to explain how they intend to save the beleaguered STFC. Their spokesman Evan Harris sets out their plan
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Seven wonders of the quantum world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-6 2:09)
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Quantum physics delights in demolishing our intuitions? here are seven of its most intriguing paradoxes, from bomb detectors to supersolids
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Today on New Scientist: 5 May 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-6 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: seven wonders of the quantum world, leaves for a warmer world, and a truly kick-ass fish
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Earth's twisted heart changes the length of the day
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-6 2:00)
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Fluctuations at the core subtly shift the planet's rotation over a six-year cycle
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Rumbles hint that Mount Fuji is getting angry
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-6 2:00)
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Rocks ejected by previous eruptions are helping geologists figure out what the volcano's internal plumbing looks like
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Designing leaves for a warmer, crowded world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-6 2:00)
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The genetic controls of leaf shape could allow us to boost crop yields, meet the challenge of feeding the world and adapt to climate change
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Republicans won't be nudged into cutting home energy
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-5 22:31)
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Tell an electricity-guzzling US household that they use more than the neighbours and they'll probably cut back? unless they're conservatives
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We're all bursting with predictability
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-5 20:37)
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In his book Bursts, Albert-László Barabási reveals "the hidden pattern behind everything we do": long periods of doing little between bursts of busyness
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Overfishing began with the Victorians
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-5 20:18)
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European fishery stocks fell by over 90 per cent between the 1880s and 1970, suggesting that short-term fishing limits will fail to restore stocks now
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New Scientist TV - May 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-5-5 19:45)
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How animated characters can move ultra-realistically, a machine that turns your desktop into a factory, and how to control computers using gaze alone
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