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Rocket company tests world's most powerful ion engine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 5:54)
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For the first time, a plasma engine that could be used to boost the space station's orbit has been fired at full power
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Which kids will get stuck in the web?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 5:00)
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Children with certain mental health conditions are at greater risk of developing an addiction to the internet, a new study suggests
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Ballerina tyrannosaur unearthed in Mongolia
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 4:00)
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A largely intact skeleton of Alioramus altai excavated from 65-million-year-old rocks in the Gobi desert turns out to have slender, bird-like bones
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There's gold in them there modified bacteria
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 4:00)
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A genetically modified version of a bacterium that makes particles of metallic gold could be used to reveal deposits of the precious metal
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Neutrinos could encode messages to submarines
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 3:17)
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The slippery particles could be beamed through Earth to send data to hidden subs
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Today on New Scientist: 5 October 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 2:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to domesticate a zebra, the winnders of this year's Nobel prize for medicine, and the advantages of having 24 legsThis is a digest of the stories posted to newscientist.com from 6pm...
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Today on New Scientist: 5 October 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-6 2:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to domesticate a zebra, the winners of this year's Nobel prize for medicine, and the advantages of having 24 legs
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Nobel for insights into ageing and cancer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-5 22:07)
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Prize goes to discoverers of telomere caps and telomerase– the enzyme that makes them
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Virtual world disputes heading for real courtrooms
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-5 21:18)
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With eye-popping sums at stake in the virtual economy, intellectual property disputes are being fought in the real world
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Aimee Mullins: Two legs good, 24 legs better
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-5 19:34)
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The actress, model, athlete and double amputee tells how technology is changing the way society views people with physical impairments
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