Zoologger: The amphibious Asian mystery cat
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 21:00)
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A flat-headed cat with webbed feet? Such an animal exists– but it's on the last of its nine lives, and only cloning might give it another
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Trail of dust may point to fresh violence in asteroid belt
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 12:52)
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A smashup between two asteroids may explain a mysterious streak of dust that appeared just weeks ago– if so, it would be the first sign of such a collision in modern times
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Today on New Scientist: 19 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why Canada's brand-new nuclear reactors were mothballed, how interactive paper created greetings card 2.0, and why swine flu was not a hoax
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Analysis: Swine flu is not just a hoax by big pharma
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 2:41)
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While firms will have boosted profits as a result of H1N1, the reality of the pandemic is more complicated than a simple revenue grab
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No health risk from Haiti dead bodies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 0:38)
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Health authorities advise that the bodies pose little infection risk and relief workers should concentrate on the living instead, says Andy Coghlan
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Ares I is 'safest choice' to replace shuttle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 0:32)
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An independent safety panel backed NASA's beleaguered Ares programme, because it has been designed with safe human travel in mind from the outset
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Interactive paper creates the greetings card 2.0
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-19 23:31)
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Electrical circuits made by printed ink are helping to create a new generation of "intelligent" greeting cards and books
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Time for David Cameron to woo scientists
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-19 23:10)
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The British prime minister has done it. So has Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader. But not the leader of the opposition
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Why the Haiti quake killed so many
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-19 22:18)
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Geologists tell New Scientist why the death toll is so much higher than in comparable earthquakes
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Solar system 'on fire' burned up Earth's carbon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-19 21:28)
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A fire sweeping through the inner solar system may have scorched away much of the carbon from Earth, explaining our planet's mysterious carbon deficit
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