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Obama criticised for lack of science reform   Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:26:33
The Union of Concerned Scientists says the Obama administration is 'moving too slowly' to remove political interference from science
Extinct giant bird DNA recovered from fossil eggs   Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00
DNA from a 19,000-year-old emu eggshell has been isolated – the first time such a feat has been pulled off
Eyeless hydra shed light on evolution of the eye   Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:00
Molecules that help jellyfish-like animals sense light suggest how similar compounds in the eyes of mammals could have evolved
Apollo rocks dusted off to find new evidence of water   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:14:00
Forty years after the Apollo astronauts bounced across the moon, new studies are revealing water inside the samples they returned – and showing how close they may have come to water-coated soil
Singalong-a sulcus: How brains hear music and lyrics   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:00:00
We may finally have some answers to the hotly debated question of whether the brain processes lyrics and melody separately or as one
Sushi restaurant raided after Hollywood sting   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:52
The producers of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove teamed up with government agents to investigate a California restaurant rumoured to be selling whale meat
Today on New Scientist: 9 March 2010   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:00
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: extermination in paradise, the "midwife molecule" that could have assembled Earth's first life, and why chameleons can eat breakfast
Mars glacier lubricant could fuel rockets   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:41:00
The ice at the planet's north pole may be moving on a bed of salty sludge, which one day could be handy for fuel
Decision-makers betrayed by their wide eyes   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:00
When people make a decision, their pupils dilate – a cue that could betray intentions, or even converse with people with locked-in syndrome
Dyson helps to fill Tory policy vacuum   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:00
At last we have a glimpse of what is going through the mind of the Conservative party, thanks to a report from the industrial designer James Dyson
How could boozing help you lose weight?   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:02
A report suggests that women who drink moderately are less likely to pile on the pounds – what does the study really mean, asks Jessica Hamzelou
Extermination in paradise   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00
Rats have long wreaked bloody devastation in the wildlife haven of South Georgia – now conservationists are planning brutal retaliation
Nanotube cuff is 'solar cell' for exhaust pipes   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:00
A new material based on nanotubes matches the efficiency of solar cells – but scavenges power from heat leaking from hot pipes, not sunlight
Why chameleons are the only lizards that eat breakfast   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:28:00
High-speed video images show the lizards can catch prey with their rubber band-like tongues equally well whether their body temperature is a cool 15 °C or a warmer 35 °C
Chile quake moved a city by three metres   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:00
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile moved the city of Concepción by around 3 metres, says Richard Fisher
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