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Future-proof homes for a warmer world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:30)
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See how architects are trying to future-proof homes against the higher sea levels and more frequent hurricanes our changing climate is bringing our wayimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e31502/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Future-proof homes for a warmer worldlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16952-futureproof-homes-for-a-warmer-world.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Future-proof homes for a warmer worldlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16952-futureproof-homes-for-a-warmer-world.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsporta ...
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Transformers: Protecting pedestrians from killer cars
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:01)
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Cars will soon be able to tell that they're about to hit a pedestrian and modify their shapes to minimise injuryndash; but will manufacturers take up the technology?img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e30658/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Transformers: Protecting pedestrians from killer carslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227045.800-transformers-protecting-pedestrians-from-killer-cars.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Transformers: Protecting pedestrians from killer carslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227045.800-transformers-protecting-pedestrians-from-killer-cars.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsport ...
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Shape-shifting cars could protect pedestrians from harm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:01)
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Cars will soon be able to tell that they're about to hit a pedestrian and modify their shapes to minimise injuryndash; but will manufacturers take up the technology?img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e30ef3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Shape-shifting cars could protect pedestrians from harmlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227045.800-shapeshifting-cars-could-protect-pedestrians-from-harm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Shape-shifting cars could protect pedestrians from harmlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227045.800-shapeshifting-cars-could-protect-pedestrians-from-harm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.f ...
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Can oil from tar sands be cleaned up?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:00)
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Canadian tar sands contain the world's second-largest reserves of oil, but extracting it is a filthy process. Bacteria and steam may help to clean it upimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e3065a/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Can oil from tar sands be cleaned up?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227043.900-can-oil-from-tar-sands-be-cleaned-up.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Can oil from tar sands be cleaned up?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227043.900-can-oil-from-tar-sands-be-cleaned-up.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http: ...
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Why some people sneeze when the sun comes out
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:00)
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The strange phenomenon of "photic sneezing" might shed light on just how muddled our brains can beimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e3066b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Why some people sneeze when the sun comes outlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227041.400-why-some-people-sneeze-when-the-sun-comes-out.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Why some people sneeze when the sun comes outlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227041.400-why-some-people-sneeze-when-the-sun-comes-out.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com ...
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Does gravity change with the seasons?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:00)
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Isaac Newton wondered why apples fall downwards, not sideways. He didn't think to ask if they'd fall faster in the springndash; but now today's theoreticians are doing just thatimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e30671/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Does gravity change with the seasons?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227046.500-does-gravity-change-with-the-seasons.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Does gravity change with the seasons?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227046.500-does-gravity-change-with-the-seasons.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/tab ...
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Nanotubes unzip to offer computing route beyond silicon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:00)
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Graphene, the atom-thick material touted as an upgrade to silicon, has just become much easier to produceimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e30673/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Nanotubes unzip to offer computing route beyond siliconlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16955-nanotubes-unzip-to-offer-computing-route-beyond-silicon.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Nanotubes unzip to offer computing route beyond siliconlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16955-nanotubes-unzip-to-offer-computing-route-beyond-silicon.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/ ...
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Can one of the the world's dirtiest fuels become its cleanest?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-16 2:00)
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Canadian tar sands contain the world's second-largest reserves of oil, but extracting it is a filthy process. Bacteria and steam may help to clean it upimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e30ef4/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Can one of the the world's dirtiest fuels become its cleanest?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227043.900-can-one-of-the-the-worlds-dirtiest-fuels-become-its-cleanest.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Can one of the the world's dirtiest fuels become its cleanest?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227043.900-can-one-of-the-the-worlds-dirtiest-fuels-become-its-cleanest.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src= ...
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Spam tramples environment with huge carbon footprint
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-15 21:30)
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Finding ways to reduce the 62 trillion spam emails sent every year could help the environment as well as stressed computer usersimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e23c7e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Spam tramples environment with huge carbon footprintlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16951-spam-tramples-environment-with-huge-carbon-footprint.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Spam tramples environment with huge carbon footprintlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16951-spam-tramples-environment-with-huge-carbon-footprint.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/tabl ...
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How see-through wings repel unwelcome water
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-15 21:20)
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The mystery of how butterflies with translucent wings stay dry has been solved by new high-resolution imagesndash; and the trick is bouncinessimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3e22f8e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=How see-through wings repel unwelcome waterlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227034.100-how-seethrough-wings-repel-unwelcome-water.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=How see-through wings repel unwelcome waterlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227034.100-how-seethrough-wings-repel-unwelcome-water.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br ...
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