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Kepler Spacecraft Finds 2 Planets Sharing Same Orbit

To date, the telescope on the Kepler spacecraft has detected 1,235 planet candidates, and while Earth-bound telescopes are trying to determine if 54 of those planets may have conditions that could harbor life, one unique planetary system may have been uncovered. Unique because it's the first time scientists have...

Confession iPhone App a High-Tech Shortcut to Absolution?

Broken one of the Ten Commandments lately? Tell your iPhone. A new Confession app is available for download in the iTunes App Store. Features include "ability to add sins not listed in standard examination of conscience," step-by-step guides to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and seven acts of contrition. The app, which...

New Research Casts Neanderthals as Techies

(Sept. 25) -- It turns out Neanderthals may not have been the slow, stupid creatures of popular imagination. Call them prehistoric techies. Sure, they may not have had smart phones and laptops, but these short, stocky hominids developed their own tools and adapted their behavior to changing environments, according to a...

Environmentalists Slam Proposed Marine Sanctuary

(Feb. 17) -- A plan to protect a pristine coral reef system located in one of the last remnants of Britain's colonial empire has encountered an unlikely opponent: environmentalists. The proposed sanctuary would span the majority of the Chagos Archipelago, a series of atolls approximately twice the size of Britain located...

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Scientists Skeptical About Shoe Maker's Strange Claim

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PHOTO: The World's First Recorded Quadruple Rainbow

Behold, the world's first quadruple rainbow.

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06/04/12 Check out The Scientist's New Jobs Site Source: PRWeb New York, NY (PRWEB) June 04, 2012 The Scientist is proud to announce the launch of its new careers portal , where you can find the best postdoc positions, explore alternative career opportunities, or simply keep up to date on the postings in your area.
10/14/11 Today on New Scientist: 14 October 2011 Source: Short Sharp Science Adult haemoglobin, but not the fetal kind, can spark sickle cell anaemia.
10/12/11 Enigma Number 1668 Source: New Scientist Using the same format, what is the only instance in any century of two consecutive dates that are both perfect squares?
04/11/11 new scientist Source: Popular Science As if the Speech Accent Archive from yesterdays blogging wasnt fascinating enough, it seems humans arent the only creatures being subjected to linguistic analysis these days.

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New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience.

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