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29 items in de category Newscientist.com in woensdag
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 World: Newscientist.com: (Laatste update: woensdag 19 september 2018 01:08:09)
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Mosquitoes are eating plastic and spreading it to new food chains
Aquatic mosquito larvae eat plastic in the water and retain it when they become flies – meaning the plastic ends up in the birds that eat mosquitoes
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:01:00 +0000
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Dance flies attract males with their hairy legs and inflatable sacs
It’s usually males that go out of their way to attract a mate – but for dance flies it’s the females that dress to impress
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:01:00 +0000
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The whiff of sandalwood makes the human head sprout more hair
Your scalp can "smell" things - and when it detects synthetic sandalwood, the rate of hair growth increases
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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SpaceX’s billionaire moon trip is all about building a luxury brand
The first passengers to fly to the moon on SpaceX’s BFR rocket will be artists, in an effort to widen the company's appeal beyond governments and satellite firms
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:35:00 +0000
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Quantum mechanics may contradict itself when applied to big objects
Standard quantum theory explains the behaviour of microscopic things like electrons and atoms. It should also, in principle apply to larger objects – but it might not
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000
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Revealed: What the UK public really thinks about the future of science
The 2018 New Scientist Asks the Public survey reveals that people are well-informed about science and technology, but politicians are ignoring their hopes and fears
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:00:00 +0000
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Artificial genes show life does not have to be based on DNA
Two modified versions of DNA add different “letters” to life’s genetic code but still work just as well as the original
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:00:00 +0000
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A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain
New Scientist Asks the Public has revealed that 40 per cent of men want to go to Mars, but new evidence suggests the lengthy trip may be bad for your brain
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:02:00 +0000
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Why wouldn’t you want to live forever? New Scientist editors debate
More than half of UK adults would turn down an offer of immortality. Emily Wilson doesn’t understand why – but Richard Webb certainly does
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:01:00 +0000
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Only one in five UK adults would choose to live forever if they could
New Scientist Asks the Public has revealed that only 21 per cent of people would be keen to become immortal, should it ever become scientifically possible
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:01:00 +0000
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Honeybee swarms act like superorganisms to stay together in high winds
A honeybee swarm behaves like a superorganism by changing shape in response to physical stress – although doing so means individuals take on a greater burden
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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Skin genetically engineered to destroy cocaine could prevent addiction
Engineered skin cells inserted beneath the skin of mice help destroy cocaine in the blood before it reaches the brain – and the therapy might work in people too
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:55:00 +0000
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The Higgs hunter has just turned 10. Why is nobody celebrating?
The Large Hadron Collider unleashed unprecedented euphoria when it switched on, but the search for the true nature of reality has proved harder than we thought
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000
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Hydrogen can form ‘ghost bonds’ with something that isn’t even there
Chemists have worked out how to trick hydrogen into making a distant bond with nothing but thin air
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:03:00 +0000
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Why a rake on the moon messed up our theories of life on Earth
We may have overestimated how many meteorites have hit the moon and Earth in the last 500 million years because Apollo astronauts didn’t dig deep enough
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:30:00 +0000
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Heart-tugging tales of crowdfunded cancer ‘cures’ fuel quack medicine
Media stories about people with cancer seeking controversial cures are unwittingly bolstering unscientific and potentially harmful treatments, says Michael Marshall
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:30:00 +0000
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We’ve found a pulsar spinning so slowly that it shouldn’t exist
Radio pulsars sweep beams of radiation across space like interstellar lighthouses as they spin, and now we’ve found one that breaks all the rules
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:24:00 +0000
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AI tries bad improv comedy to trick people into thinking it is human
Artificial intelligence has joined forces with a group of actors to create spontaneous comedy sketches on stage. The result is a new variant of the Turing test
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 08:00:00 +0000
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Acid is dribbling out of the melting permafrost in the Arctic
As climate change thaws the Arctic permafrost, some of it is releasing sulphuric acid – which destroys limestone and releases even more climate-warming carbon dioxide
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 07:00:00 +0000
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Watch this robotic fruit fly swoop, dive and perform impressive flips
DelFly is a robot that flies through a room with as much agility as a real fly using its flappy wings. It is also helping researchers understand how insects move
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:00:00 +0000
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An antioxidant might lead to new therapies for bone arthritis
An antioxidant commonly sold as a food supplement has been found to limit joint damage in mice with osteoarthritis, and may lead to new treatments for people
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:00:00 +0000
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Half the planet should be set aside for wildlife – to save ourselves
If we want to avoid extinctions and preserve the ecosystems all life depends on, half of the Earth’s land and oceans should be protected by 2050, say biologists
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:00:00 +0000
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New Apple Watch heart monitor sounds great – here’s why it may not be
At its latest product launch, Apple announced its smartwatches would get an upgrade letting people take an ECG of their own heart, but this could do more harm than good
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:00:00 +0000
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Bandages laser-bonded to your skin may fix wounds better than stitches
Most flesh wounds are repaired with sutures, but they cause extra damage to the skin. A bandage made of silk and gold, sealed with laser light, could solve that
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:30:00 +0000
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BPA-free plastics seem to disrupt sperm and egg development in mice
We are starting to replace harmful BPA in plastic bottles and food containers, but alternative chemicals might be just as bad
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000
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Just one tiny piece of plastic may be enough to kill a baby turtle
Post-mortems show that some sea turtles die from eating just one fragment of plastic – and it’s post-hatchlings that seem to be particularly vulnerable
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0000
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Birds can learn to understand the meanings of other species’ calls
The superb fairy-wren takes advantage of the vigilance of others by teaching itself to recognise the alarm calls sent out by different species
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:25:00 +0000
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World’s first drawing is a red crayon doodle made 73,000 years ago
Early humans made red ochre crayon to draw lines on small rock 73,000 years ago. It was probably part of a larger artwork
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:30:00 +0000
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New breast cancer gene tests will mean hard choices for many women
We are starting to learn more about how gene variants influence the risk of getting breast cancer, but deciding how to use the results raises ethical dilemmas
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:00:00 +0000
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