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Visual tricks can make downloads seem quicker
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 18:21)
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Clever use of visual illusions in animated progress bars make us think downloads are quicker than they actually are
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Cask beer gets high-speed upgrade
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 16:00)
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A novel brewing technique allows cask-fermented beer to be poured just a minute after the barrel has been moved
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Five fruit and veg a day won't keep cancer away
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 2:23)
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A diet rich in fruits in vegetables may not protect against cancer as much as once thought, but there is still good reason to eat your veg, says Andy Coghlan
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Almost human: closest australopithicine primate found
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 2:16)
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Another long-lost cousin is unearthed– of all the australopithicines yet found, it's the closest anatomically to the true humans that evolved into us
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Today on New Scientist: 8 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the dawn of the elderly age, new cracks in China's great firewall, and why time waits for no quasar
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Are new cracks appearing in China's great firewall?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 0:41)
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Changes to the country's censorship tools may be allowing users in China to glimpse previously blocked web pages
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The climate-change nightmares of military strategists
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 0:30)
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Nuclear war, millions dead, Europe collapsed: Gwynne Dyer's mechanistic predictions of the coming decades makes Climate Wars terrifying but improbable
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Giant mimivirus does its replication in-house
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-8 23:34)
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Analysis of the monster's genome shows that it builds its own virus factory, supporting the idea that giant viruses shaped all animal and plant cells
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Avatars can't hide your lying eyes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-8 21:05)
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Eye-tracking systems could make virtual relationships more realistic by improving people's ability to spot when an avatar is telling them the truth
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The myth of the mid-life crisis
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-8 19:41)
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From empty nests to slow wits, there's little evidence for the stereotypes of middle age, says Barbara Strauch in The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain
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