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Today on New Scientist: 8 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-9 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how the "most beautiful" math structure appeared in a lab, how to make a liquid invisibility cloak, and why boys will be boys when it comes to toys
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Debate heats up over IPCC melting glaciers claim
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-9 2:06)
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How did a 10-year-old speculative comment over disappearing Himalayan glaciers come to be included in an IPCC report?
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Missing matter mystery in small galaxies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-9 1:59)
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They have a greater proportion of dark to normal matter than larger ones, deepening a puzzle about where the universe's visible stuff is
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Innovation: What use is a smartbook?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-9 1:50)
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The new class of portable computer was everywhere at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, meant to fill a gap between smartphones and netbooks
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Coral reefs are most fecund cradles of diversity
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-9 0:18)
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A fossil analysis finds that reefs have generated more new kinds of animal than all other marine habitats put together
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How to make a liquid invisibility cloak
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-8 23:51)
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An invisibility cloak could be made from silver-plated nanoparticles suspended in water
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Circumcision: there goes the microbial neighbourhood
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-8 23:44)
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A census of microbes on the penis reveals a whole new community arrives after circumcision– perhaps that's why the snip cuts the risk of getting HIV
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US proposes crackdown on smog
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-8 22:40)
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the strictest health standards for smog to date
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Boys will be boys when it comes to toys
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-8 22:18)
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Why are boys so keen on cars and construction kits? Hormones, not upbringing, could be the explanation
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Robot border guards to patrol future frontiers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-8 20:42)
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If your nation's border allows unwanted visitors through and foot patrols aren't cutting it, try a network of radar, cameras, agile robots and drones
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