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How the US exports its mental illnesses
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 3:00)
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Western notions of mental illness are one of the US's most insidious exports - and they are spreading around the world like a contagion, says Ethan Watters
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Brain asymmetry eases hypnotic trance
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 3:00)
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People who are easily hypnotised may have one brain hemisphere that works more efficiently than the other
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The entropy force: a new direction for gravity
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 3:00)
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Newton and Einstein described gravity, but not where it comes from. Has a physicist now found its root cause at last?
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Exolanguage: do you speak alien?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 3:00)
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We've tried messaging extraterrestrials in geek speak? but we've had no replies. Maybe we should stop trying to make sense and just gabble
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Today on New Scientist: 20 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to talk to aliens, a new explanation for gravity, and Asia's mystery amphibian cat
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Powerful aftershock rattles Haiti
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 0:00)
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A magnitude 6.1 aftershock, the strongest since last week's devastating Haiti earthquake, rattled Port-au-Prince this morning
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Election shock rocks Obama healthcare plan
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 23:24)
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The loss of Teddy Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat jeopardises the healthcare reform for which he fought so passionately, says Andy Coghlan
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Networked airbag could save skiers from an avalanche
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 21:53)
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Avalanches can engulf off-piste skiers before they have chance to deploy safety airbags? wirelessly networking them could save lives
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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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