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Today on New Scientist: 2 November 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: why clever people can be such fools, the possible dangers of a long-range Taser, and how the Nazca people brought about their own destruction
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Atmospheric 'tides' trigger landslides at night
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 2:43)
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Some landslides slip more at night than during the day, probably because of tiny changes in atmospheric pressure
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Signs of alien worlds from long ago and far, far away
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 2:29)
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Light from 88 remote galaxies, emitted when the universe was young, provides some of the best evidence yet of solar systems beyond the Milky Way
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Clearing oasis trees felled ancient Peru civilisation
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 1:46)
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The Nazca people may have brought about their own destruction by cutting down trees that protected the land they lived on
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Humans are an acquired taste for lions
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 1:15)
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Tissue from two notorious 19th-century man-eaters shows that one of them took the lion's share of human prey
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People, pollution and profits
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-3 0:45)
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From school buses polluted by diesel exhaust to pesticides, regulators are failing to protect us, argues John Wargo in his book Green Intelligence
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Microbes' globe-trotting has made them less diverse
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-2 23:14)
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The way microbes disperse via wind and dust storms means that the number of unique species may be smaller than expected
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Long-range Taser raises fears of shock and injury
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-2 20:24)
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The Pentagon wants a projectile that can be fired from a grenade launcher to incapacitate someone with an electric shock? can it be safe?
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Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn't mean you're smart
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-11-2 20:20)
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IQ measures the brightness of our mental searchlight. But where we point it also matters
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[ニュース] 宇宙ステーション補給機「HTV」が再突入、ミッション完了〜虎野プロマネは「エクストラサクセス
from Robot Watch
(2009-11-2 19:32)
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