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We're built to run barefoot, on our tip-toes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-28 21:45)
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Humans living millions of years ago were endurance runners, but how did they do it without air-cushioned soles?
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Hey presto! Brain cells from mouse tails
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-28 21:43)
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Mature mouse tissue has been transformed directly into working brain cells, an advance that could lead to treatments for conditions such as Parkinson's disease
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Don't let politicians forget the E word
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-28 20:40)
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There has been much talk of science, but engineering also needs to be firmly on the political agenda
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A rough guide to living longer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-28 20:00)
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From hormone therapies to voluntary starvation, Greg Critser's Eternity Soup looks at technologies to fend off ageing
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Will NASA retreat from human space exploration?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-28 4:49)
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Just days before the White House is to unveil NASA's budget, the outlook looks bleak for the future of US space flight
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Understanding fear in brain and body
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-26 20:00)
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Can knowing how fear works make it easier to manage? In Extreme Fear, Jeff Wise uses real experiences to show that it can
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Do you know your aliens?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-26 19:39)
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We've searched out extraterrestrials that have made their way onto our cinema screens. Can you identify them, or the movies from which they came?
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Horizontal and vertical: The evolution of evolution
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-26 19:29)
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Darwinian selection cannot explain why all life on Earth shares the same genetic code? it looks like another form of evolution came first
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If you think a crow is giving you the evil eye…
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-26 17:00)
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...it probably is. Crows can recognise individual human faces and hold a grudge for years against someone who treats them badly
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Today on New Scientist: 25 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-26 2:52)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to set spasers to sum, an attempt at the first supersonic freefall, and what aliens might look like
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