Today on New Scientist: 24 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-25 3:15)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the solar system's 10 weirdest moons, how your body does the thinking, and what could be a new species of human
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Weird worlds: The solar system's 10 strangest moons
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-25 3:09)
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An icy inferno, a lively snowball, another Earth and two flying saucers– there's more to the sun's family than gas giants and potato-shaped rocks
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Meet X-woman: a possible new species of human
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-25 3:00)
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DNA collected from a fossilised finger bone from Siberia shows it belonged to a mysterious ancient hominid– perhaps a new species
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Mind over matter? How your body does your thinking
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-25 3:00)
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So much for abstract thought? even high-concept thinking may be rooted in the way we experience life physically
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Trilobites: Glendon Mellow's muse
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-25 2:20)
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Artist Glendon Mellow has a passion for trilobites, going so far as to have a trilobite tattoo on his arm. Dan Falk caught up with him
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Science spending and advice: the dark art of spin
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-25 1:35)
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Today we had a master-class in the dark art of political obfuscation, first in a government announcement on independent advice, then in the details of the Budget
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US healthcare bill gets personal
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-24 21:45)
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The bill calls for research into specialised treatments for racial and ethnic minorities, women and different age groups
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Where's the science in the UK's space agency?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-24 21:09)
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The UK Space Agency has been launched to much excitement and enthusiasm from industry, but there was no mention of science, says Stuart Clark
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Animals do not commit suicide
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-24 21:05)
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Time magazine says there is a "scientific debate" going on about whether animals commit suicide. What a load of poppycock, says Rowan Hooper
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Zoologger: The world's most promiscuous… snail
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-24 21:00)
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Next time you go to the beach, try to find a rough periwinkle giving birth– she may be carrying the offspring of more than 20 males
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