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Friday, December 11th, 2009
2:43 pm	Plastic bags recycled into nanotubes http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7c1f15a/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn182690Eplastic0Ebags0Erecycled0Einto0Enanotubes0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18269 Waste polyethylene from shopping bags and other sources can easily be converted into carbon nanotubes suitable for use in batteries (Comment on this)
2:00 pm	This week's top stories [11 December 2009] http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bf9826/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn182160Edear0Egod0Eplease0Econfirm0Ewhat0Ei0Ealready0Ebelieve0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/749/f/10897/r/90bbbcf9b77e11f6b97f4f36f23239c8/index.rss Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Dear God, please confirm what I already believe Physicists race to publish first results from LHC Large moon of Uranus may explain odd tilt Why there's no sign of a climate conspiracy in hacked emails French immigrants founded first British farms Today on New Scientist: 4 December 2009 Wagering on the 'God particle' Eat protein to heal a damaged brain Avatar's gaze illuminates social brain This week's top stories [04 December 2009] (Comment on this)
12:00 pm	Art-Sci, 70s style http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7c0e637/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Cart0Esci0E70As0Estyle0Bphp0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/art-sci-70s-style.php Ismond Rosen married psychoanalysis, art and technology - and 1970s Freudian attitudes are evident in his work (Comment on this)
12:20 pm	The polar bear vanishes http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7c0e636/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Cnow0Eyou0Esee0Eit0Bphp/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/now-you-see-it.php The Ice Bear was sculpted this morning from a 9-tonne block of ice in London. Watch it melt via our live feed, or send us your photos of it (Comment on this)
11:40 am	Top science adviser calms budget fears http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7c058d7/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cthesword0C20A0A90C120Ctop0Escience0Eadviser0Ecalms0Ebudg0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/thesword/2009/12/top-science-adviser-calms-budg.html The ring-fenced science funding promised by the UK government may survive intact, according to the chief science adviser (Comment on this)
11:45 am	Biological passport to catch sports cheats http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7c08a6c/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A4273830B70A0A0Ebiological0Epassport0Eto0Ecatch0Esports0Echeats0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427383.700 The composition of an athlete's blood can now be used as evidence of illegal doping, even if no substance is found (Comment on this)
9:00 am	Holiday wish list: Dinosaurs and flying cars http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bfe66b/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Choliday0Ewish0Elist0Edinosaurs0Eand0Eflying0Ecars0Bphp0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/holiday-wish-list-dinosaurs-and-flying-cars.php Check out more book recommendations from our holiday wish list (Comment on this)
10:00 am	Holiday wish list: Science becomes fiction http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bfe669/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Choliday0Ebooks0Ewhen0Eit0Echanged0Escience0Einto0Efiction0E0E0Ean0Eanthology0Eedited0Eby0Egeoff0Eryman0Bphp0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/holiday-books-when-it-changed-science-into-fiction---an-anthology-edited-by-geoff-ryman.php This partnership between writers and scientists never misses a trick (Comment on this)
8:00 am	The perfect way to slice a pizza http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bec431/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A4273810B50A0A0Ethe0Eperfect0Eway0Eto0Eslice0Ea0Epizza0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427381.500 Ever concerned you're not getting your fair share? Mathematicians have finally found the answer (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
5:40 pm	Stem cell transplants treat 'incurable' blood disorder http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bbe464/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn182670Estem0Ecell0Etransplants0Etreat0Eincurable0Eblood0Edisorder0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18267 For the first time, adults with sickle-cell anaemia seem to have been cured (Comment on this)
6:00 pm	Today on New Scientist: 10 December 2009 http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bc0e3a/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cshortsharpscience0C20A0A90C120Ctoday0Eon0Enew0Escientist0E10A0Edece0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/12/today-on-new-scientist-10-dece.html Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how the felling of the Amazon has revealed an ancient civilisation, a brain scan that reveals who will keep their promises, and a clever new way of folding the Earth (Comment on this)
4:43 pm	Brain scan reveals who will keep their promises http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bb83f0/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn182660Ebrain0Escan0Ereveals0Ewho0Ewill0Ekeep0Etheir0Epromises0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18266 The finding raises the possibility of using brain scans to determine the true intentions of criminals who are up for early release on parole (Comment on this)
3:09 pm	Battery lithium could come from geothermal waste water http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7bb0c97/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A4273850B70A0A0Ebattery0Elithium0Ecould0Ecome0Efrom0Egeothermal0Ewaste0Ewater0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427385.700 The hot waste water from a geothermal power plant on the San Andreas fault is a rich source of lithium – now the company is planning to extract it (Comment on this)
1:57 pm	Clever folds in a globe give new perspectives on Earth http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7ba51cf/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn182640Eclever0Efolds0Ein0Ea0Eglobe0Egive0Enew0Eperspectives0Eon0Eearth0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18264 A new technique for translating the surface of the globe into flat maps provides many different ways to look at the world (Comment on this)
11:00 am	Holiday wish list: Most wanted video games http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7b9a13c/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Cvideo0Egames0Ereview0Bphp0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/video-games-review.php What do this season's hottest video games have in common? Steven Poole finds they hark back to an earlier era (Comment on this)
12:00 pm	You have the power to make music... evolve http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7b9a13b/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Camanda0Egefter0Ebooks0Earts0Bphp0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/amanda-gefter-books-arts.php Act as the force of natural selection in this experiment in cultural evolution - and make music in the process (Comment on this)
12:31 pm	Ancient Amazon civilisation laid bare by felled forest http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7b9776a/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A4273830B80A0A0Eancient0Eamazon0Ecivilisation0Elaid0Ebare0Eby0Efelled0Eforest0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427383.800 Some 260 giant avenues, ditches and enclosures have been spotted from the air in a region straddling Brazil's border with Bolivia (Comment on this)
11:20 am	The fallout of the £600 million science cuts http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7b923ac/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cthesword0C20A0A90C120Cthe0Efallout0Eof0Ethe0E60A0A0Emillion0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/thesword/2009/12/the-fallout-of-the-600-million.html Who is going to be hit by the cuts to the higher education and research budgets announced this week? (Comment on this)
10:39 am	Mass poisoning to keep carp invaders from Great Lakes http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7b8d123/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn18263/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18263 Tens of thousands of fish have been killed in a drastic attempt to safeguard the lakes' sports and commercial fishery from Asian carp (Comment on this)
9:00 am	Holiday wish list: A thirty-year hunch http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/7b81343/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cblogs0Cculturelab0C20A0A90C120Choliday0Ebooks0Ethe0Einvention0Eof0Eair0Eby0Esteven0Ejohnson0Bphp0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/12/holiday-books-the-invention-of-air-by-steven-johnson.php This is ostensibly the tale of Joseph Priestley - but it's also a compelling inquiry into the nature of scientific discovery (Comment on this)