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Today on New Scientist: 18 March 2010
18:00 18 March 2010
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how machines could break down language barriers, the first natural event changed by global warming, and whether miaow-miaow should be banned
Bye bye, bluefin: bid for trade ban fails
17:38 18 March 2010
An unprecedented effort to use world trade rules to save a species from rampant overfishing has failed, says Debora MacKenzie
Proposal to ban polar bear trade shot down
16:06 18 March 2010
A US proposal to outlaw trade in polar bear parts including paws, fur and teeth was voted down today at an international summit, says Andy Coghlan
The stunning universe of Hubble goes 3D
12:00 18 March 2010
Hubble 3D is an extraordinary tour of the universe complete with brave astronauts and a certain telescope, says Dan Falk
A defuser's guide to the population explosion
11:00 18 March 2010
Fred Pearce's impressive and comprehensive Peoplequake makes it clear we ignore demographics at our peril
Today on New Scientist: 17 March 2010
18:00 17 March 2010
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: relativity's ultimate test, the positive side of shipping pollution, and how to see the future using games
Science is not an economic problem - it's a solution
13:00 17 March 2010
Funding science is essential to the economy, not just a luxury for boffins
Sounds from another dimension
12:00 17 March 2010
Physics, art and music come together in this remarkable 5D opera
Feeling animals' pain
10:00 17 March 2010
In Second Nature, Jonathan Balcombe shows that animals experience the world as richly as us and may well feel and suffer more intensely than we do
Window shopping for alternate realities
18:00 16 March 2010
Walk by the Wellcome Trust headquarters and you might find yourself slipping into our technological future