Today on New Scientist: 27 November 2009
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(2009-11-28 3:03)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: the first basic blueprint for bacteria, the high-carbon future, and how the hammerhead got its hammer
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New Scientist TV– November 2009
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(2009-11-28 2:11)
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Find out how videoconferences could go 3D, how we interact with animals and how an ultra-realistic 3D map was made, in this month's New Scientist vodcast
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Proper use of English could get a virus past security
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-28 2:06)
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Malicious computer code can be hidden in plain English text to fool antivirus programs
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Fresh claim for fossil life in Mars rock
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(2009-11-28 2:04)
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The 1996 claim that a meteorite contains microbe fossils from Mars has been boosted by the rejection of a non-biological explanation for the minerals
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Why the hammerhead shark got its hammer
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(2009-11-28 0:05)
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Its widely separated eyes give it super-vision that can judge distance and so track prey better than other sharks
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Pop star prof worried about UK's support for LHC
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(2009-11-27 23:48)
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Brian Cox, pop star turned professor, used a lecture at the Royal Institution in London last night to question the British government's commitment to the Large Hadron Collider.
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This week's top stories [27 November 2009]
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(2009-11-27 23:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. 'Frankenstein' fix lets asteroid mission cheat death Greenland ice loss behind a sixth of sea-level rise US could ban caffeine-alcohol drinks within months Belle de Jour: On science and prostitution Today on New Scientist: 20 November 2009 Dark galaxy crashing into the Milky Way A final warning from the Arctic 'Holographic' videoconferencing moves nearer to market Low-carbon road map for China Pickled evidence for evolution
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Rare star smash may explain mystery outburst
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(2009-11-27 22:47)
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A star that brightened dramatically in 2002 may have been sent into a spin by another star, X-ray observations suggest
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Art, embodied
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 22:00)
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A new exhibit at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo celebrates the intersection of art and science in the human body - featuring works from Leonardo da Vinci to Damien Hirst.
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Steven Laureys: How I know 'coma man' is conscious
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-27 21:31)
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The physician who diagnosed Rom Houben as conscious after 20 years as a coma patient has no time for those who doubt Houben's abilities
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