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Deep images reveal the shady past of cannibal galaxies
See how the shredded remains of galaxies that still surround their larger "hosts" tell stories of cosmic gluttonyimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/ab077bd/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Deep+images+reveal+the+shady+past+of+cannibal+galaxieslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fgallery%2Fthe-best-images-of-galactic-gluttony%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Deep+images+reveal+the+shady+past+of+cannibal+galaxieslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fgallery%2Fthe-best-images-of-galactic-gluttony%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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Hunting for scraps from galactic cannibal feasts
Tidal streams ndash; torn-up remains of other galaxies ndash; were first found around the Milky Way. Now astronomers aim to see how common they are elsewhereimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/aa129a9/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Hunting+for+scraps+from+galactic+cannibal+feastslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn18940-hunting-for-scraps-from-galactic-cannibal-feasts.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Hunting+for+scraps+from+galactic+cannibal+feastslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn18940-hunting-for-scraps-from-galactic-cannibal-feasts.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096249781/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178334121/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096249781/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178334121/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Wanted: hard facts on how volcanic ash affects jets
The safety limits for aircraft flying through volcanic ash are creeping up, but we're no closer to knowing for sure what levels are permissibleimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/aa10a1d/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Wanted%3A+hard+facts+on+how+volcanic+ash+affects+jetslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn18939-wanted-hard-facts-on-how-volcanic-ash-affects-jets.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Wanted%3A+hard+facts+on+how+volcanic+ash+affects+jetslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn18939-wanted-hard-facts-on-how-volcanic-ash-affects-jets.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096151838/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178326045/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096151838/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178326045/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Deadly bubble jet sank South Korea's warship
An international report concludes that a "pillar" of water caused by a North Korean torpedo ripped a South Korean ship in two, says Richard Fisherimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/aa0fabc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Deadly+bubble+jet+sank+South+Korea%27s+warshiplink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fshortsharpscience%2F2010%2F05%2Fdeadly-bubble-jet.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Deadly+bubble+jet+sank+South+Korea%27s+warshiplink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fshortsharpscience%2F2010%2F05%2Fdeadly-bubble-jet.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096150030/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178322108/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096150030/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178322108/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Living in denial: How corporations manufacture doubt
If the truth is inconvenient, put up a smokescreen instead. It works wonders for big business, argues bRichard Littlemore/bimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/aa0b50a/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Living+in+denial%3A+How+corporations+manufacture+doubtlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20627606.200-living-in-denial-how-corporations-manufacture-doubt.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Living+in+denial%3A+How+corporations+manufacture+doubtlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20627606.200-living-in-denial-how-corporations-manufacture-doubt.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096149237/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178304266/kg/6-27-40-63/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096149237/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178304266/kg/6-27-40-63/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Illusions contest: Non-glossy gloss
Change the finish of a photo without changing itimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/a9f4bb4/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Illusions+contest%3A+Non-glossy+glosslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn18905-illusions-contest-nonglossy-gloss.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Illusions+contest%3A+Non-glossy+glosslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn18905-illusions-contest-nonglossy-gloss.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096164581/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178211764/kg/63/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096164581/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178211764/kg/63/a2.img" border="0"//a
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LHCsound: Listening to the God particle
What would the Higgs boson sound like? Through a process called sonification, Lily Asquith is trying to find outimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/a9f4bb5/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=LHCsound%3A+Listening+to+the+God+particlelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fculturelab%2F2010%2F05%2Flistening-to-the-god-particle.php%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=LHCsound%3A+Listening+to+the+God+particlelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fculturelab%2F2010%2F05%2Flistening-to-the-god-particle.php%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096164580/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178211765/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096164580/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178211765/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Omega-3: Fishy claims for fish oil
Claims that the famous fatty acids can fix innumerable health problems – and cut murder rates into the bargain – take some swallowingimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/a9e9de4/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Omega-3%3A+Fishy+claims+for+fish+oillink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20627601.400-omega3-fishy-claims-for-fish-oil.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Omega-3%3A+Fishy+claims+for+fish+oillink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20627601.400-omega3-fishy-claims-for-fish-oil.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096132927/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178167268/kg/42-43/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/70096132927/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/178167268/kg/42-43/a2.img" border="0"//a
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