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Magnetic slingshot creates aurora on Earth
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Tags: aurora Earth field Lights magnetic Northern
Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14400?DCMP=youtube NASA reseachers have found out what sequence of events creates the Northern Lights.
New Scientist video round-up - July 25, 2008
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Tags: artificial aurora crust Lights magma mechanical mushroom Northern recognition rising shape speech tongue
See a mechanical tongue that can mimic human speech: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926666.500?DCMP=youtube Find out about the sequence of events that causes the Northern Lights: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14400?DCMP=youtube Watch a simulation of magma rising...
Volcanoes may not be fed by magma mushrooms
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Tags: magma mushroom rise volcano
Read more: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19926665.000?DCMP=youtube A new simulation shows that magma rising under the surface of a volcano may not be mushroom-shaped.
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New Scientist video round-up - June 20, 2008
- Length: 2:54
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Tags: lunar metal NASA ovary ovulation pest reaction spacesuit tin vehicle
See the first ever footage of human ovulation: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn14155?DCMP=NLC-youtube Watch how prototypes of lunar vehicles, spacesuits and robots are being tested and look at the first video of a metal-eating pest:...
Why a scared expression brings a survival advantage
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Tags: disgust expressions facial fear
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14139?DCMP=NLC-youtube Research at the University of Toronto shows how facial expressions can affect our sensory capability
What skills are distinctly human?
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Tags: ability children chimp cognition learning orangutan skills social
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany compared the abilities and skills of chimps, orangutans and two year old humans. They found that human children were better at social learning. Find out more here:...
