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  DJ Spooky's 'Sinfonia Antarctica' Pushes the Boundaries of Cool

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:04 PM ET

  on an ambitious and impressive multimedia project that incorporates the sounds he collected of Antarctic ice breaking apart.As we learn by way of New Scientist, Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica is a 70-minute music and video composition set to premiere early in December at the Brooklyn Academ Read More

  More like this in: Music, Travel, Science, YouTube, Hip-Hop, Antarctica, Brooklyn Academy of Music
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  Northern Forests Pack More Cooling Punch

  By David Bois | Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  and counterintuitive study suggests that for helping global climate by seeing to it that we have thriving forests, we may instead want to look north.New Scientist reports that researchers at Nova Scotia's St. Francis Xavier University led by Alvaro Montenegro gathered and analyzed satellite dat Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Europe, India, Water, China, Planet, Canada, Amazon, Brazil, Russia, Trees
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  Birds and the Bees Do It. (And Fiddler Crabs. And Fruit Bats.)

  By David Bois | Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:15 AM ET

  of this. First up: A variety of fruit bat native to Southeast Asia has been documented to incorporate the act of fellatio into mating behavior. As New Scientist reports, the arrangement for the act involves the female with her back to the male, and the undeniably limber she-bat is able to appl Read More

  More like this in: ABC, China, Sex, Australia, Asia, Science, Life & Style, Environment, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences, Animals & Pets, Relationships
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  Testosterone Makes Men Miserly

  By Courtney Rubin | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:59 AM ET

  while men with low levels only spurned offers below $2.15.Lead researcher Karen Redwine, a neuroeconomist at Whittier College in California, told New Scientist: "Our broad conclusion is that testosterone causes men essentially to be stingy. People are selfish, but they're selfless as well, an Read More

  More like this in: California, Testosterone, World, Science, Americas, Innovation & Discovery
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  Newly Found Moon Hole Possibly Leads to Cave

  By David Bois | Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:10 PM ET

  the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency have announced the finding of a hole in the surface of the moon. The diameter of the hole, according to New Scientist who reports of the discovery, is a bit more than 200 feet across, and according to sunlight and shadow angle analysis, the hole open Read More

  More like this in: Space, Science, Space, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  Is Mona Lisa Smiling or Not? The Eyes Halve It

  By David Bois | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  presents the most recent scientific study into how the human eye and brain work together in making sense of this most iconic of art works. (As New Scientist reports, a 2000 study suggests that the smile is more evident when the painting is viewed in peripheral vision; a more recent stud Read More

  More like this in: Art, brain research, Neuroscience, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Science, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Culture
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  Who Should Mind the Forests?

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:59 PM ET

  carbon than government owned lands. What that means is that locals are better equipped than governments to reduce global warming. In an article in New Scientist, researcher Ashwini Chhatre said, "...our findings show that we can increase carbon sequestration simply by transferring ownership o Read More

  More like this in: Global Warming, Michigan, University of Michigan, Science, Environment
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  Free HDTV? Sure, With a Healthy Imagination

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Fri Oct 9, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  few props and you're there! The study, conducted in Holland, tested the power of suggestion on a random group of people. According to an article in New Scientist: "Sixty people in turn were shown the same video clip on the same television. Half were told to expect clearer, sharper pictures thank Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Television, Holland, Science, Entertainment, Europe, Life Sciences, TV
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  Bang, Zoom, to the Moon!

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Wed Oct 7, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  Hunter will build a gigantic gun to launch your satellite into space. The idea isn't quite as far-fetched as it sounds. According to an article in New Scientist, Hunter already built a similar, smaller gun at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. It wasn't quite up t Read More

  More like this in: Space, International Space Station, Technology, Science, Cutting-edge, Space, Innovation & Discovery
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  Bringing the Urban River to Life

  By David Bois | Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  And the data they collect are sent in the form of texts, written as if from the local fish or beavers. An online comment sent recently to New Scientist by an East River herring let folks know that conditions were "pretty nice down here," adding that dissolved oxygen levels were highe Read More

  More like this in: New York, New York City, Architecture, Oxygen, environmentalism, Ecology, Amphibious Architecture, East River