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Confirmed: Fossil Ida is not a human ancestor
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 22:27)
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An independent team has found that Darwinius masillae, hyped last year as the eighth wonder of the world, is not our ancestor, says Rowan Hooper
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Hybrid fusion: the third nuclear option
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 20:39)
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Fission is unsafe and fusion is decades away, but put them together and the problems melt away, say Julian Hunt and Graham O'Connor
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What is causing deformities in Fallujah's children?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 20:26)
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Questions have been raised over the number of deformities found in young children in Fallujah, Iraq– Rebecca Thomson looks at the possible causes
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Organic pesticide doubles up as worm killer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 20:09)
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The protein could drag hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, if cash can be found for human trials
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Drug flop is blow to immune theory of dementia
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 20:07)
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The failure of a hay fever drug to Alzheimer's undermines the theory that a dysfunctional immune system causes the disease, says Ewen Callaway
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Why scientists must be the new climate sceptics
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 19:10)
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The reputation of climate science is taking a battering, but don't just blame the media or closed-minded sceptics, says Jim Giles
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The US is lagging on nuclear reactor technology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 17:00)
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Fears over weapons proliferation has led the Obama administration to blow hot and cold over novel, safer more efficient designs
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Universe's high-energy haze gets murkier
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 8:39)
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An unexpectedly small fraction of the gamma-ray light that pervades the universe comes from gluttonous black holes– the source of the rest is unknown
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Today on New Scientist: 3 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: a measure for the multiverse, the largest arthropod to prowl the land, and where atheists come from
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Where do atheists come from?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 3:00)
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Social scientists have long wondered why so many people believe in God. We should ask why the rest don't, say Lois Lee and Stephen Bullivant
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