Birds got smart by becoming big babes
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05/28/2012 - 5:54am
The skulls of birds look just like the skulls of young dinosaurs, suggesting that arrested development was the key to their evolution
CultureLab's 2012 guide to summer festivals
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05/28/2012 - 5:49am
From hedgehog enthusiasts to anatomical artists, there's plenty of science on offer at this summer's festivals
Face-reading software to judge the mood of the masses
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05/28/2012 - 5:00am
Systems that can identify emotions in images of faces might soon collate millions of peoples' reactions to events and could even replace opinion polls
The argumentative ape: Why we're wired to persuade
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05/28/2012 - 3:00am
We're all guilty of flawed thinking because our brains evolved to win others round to our point of view – whether or not our reasoning is logical (full text available to subscribers)
Interview: Elon Musk on what's next for SpaceX
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05/25/2012 - 3:10pm
On the heels of the Dragon capsule's rendezvous with the ISS, New Scientist talks to the entrepreneur about where commercial spaceflight is headed
Today on New Scientist: 25 May 2012
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05/25/2012 - 1:00pm
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: uncloaking augmented reality, drunk birds, SpaceX's Dragon capsule success, SKA decision, and more
Solar Impulse plane prepares to go intercontinental
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05/25/2012 - 12:43pm
Solar-powered plane Solar Impulse is well into its first intercontinental journey from Payerne in Switzerland to Rabat in Morocco
Astrophile: The outermost ocean in the solar system
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05/25/2012 - 12:15pm
Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, has a surface temperature of -235 °C.
Gotcha! Robot arm plugs SpaceX Dragon into the ISS
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05/25/2012 - 9:12am
PayPal and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk's spaceflight venture has achieved its first major success for a paying customer: docking at the ISS
Friday Illusion: Control this animation with your mind
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05/25/2012 - 9:09am
See how shifting your focus can alter the direction of a moving object
