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Who’s coming to Mars?: The US, the Soviet Union and Europe are poised to explore Mars during the 1990s. But Japanese researchers are worried that their country remains uncommitted

Geography and human song: In the West, a tune often begins with a rising lilt. But music in other parts of the world seems to follow a different pattern. What might this tell us about our musical perceptions?

When males are choosy

Climate and history 鈥� the Westvikings’ saga

The neurologist of Avon: Four centuries on, the Bard’s plays show a remarkable knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the brain. How did he gain such insights into the human condition?

Bands across the water: Sailing boats spend at least eight months competing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, the sport’s fastest and most hazardous event. The telecommunications industry is using the occasion to demonstrate just how small and tame

Table of contents

News

Inflation could wipe out increases for the science budget

Science: Molecular wires take on a new dimension

Science: Junkie monkeys get a quick fix from grooming

Technology

Technology: Parallel power challenges the Crays

Science: Modern man not so modern

China denies physicist’s move

Green sell under scrutiny

MPs attack health plans

German environment minister quits

Britain ‘could wreck’ Europe’s fast reactor plans

Earth

Rising sea levels could affect 300 million

US team verifies Soviet plan to land cosmonauts on the Moon

Irradiated food for thought

Science: Magnetic bacteria

Proton collider breaks the six-billion-dollar barrier

Soil studies buried

Japan tackles the Moon from a new angle

Satellite saved – and ready for inspection

Cosmic explorer finds the Universe is all too smooth

Government rejects plea for single research council

BSB faces setback over business data service

Australia turns away Soviet research ship

Comet will brighten April skies

French fall out over embryo ethics

Looser rules tempt genetic engineers East

Technology

Technology: Plastic magnets that turn in the cold

Technology

Technology: Blood banks pick up their pintas from cows

Technology

Technology: The videodisc selling point that dare not speak its name

Technology

Technology: Cable TV code may sink video pirates

Technology

Technology: Californians brace themselves with steel against the Big One

Science: Gene therapy inches closer

Science: ‘Near-miss’ asteroid revealed as two bodies

Science: One big family

Science: Shower power

Opinion

Rays of confusion

Nervous response

Features

Who’s coming to Mars?: The US, the Soviet Union and Europe are poised to explore Mars during the 1990s. But Japanese researchers are worried that their country remains uncommitted

Geography and human song: In the West, a tune often begins with a rising lilt. But music in other parts of the world seems to follow a different pattern. What might this tell us about our musical perceptions?

When males are choosy

Climate and history 鈥� the Westvikings’ saga

The neurologist of Avon: Four centuries on, the Bard’s plays show a remarkable knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the brain. How did he gain such insights into the human condition?

Bands across the water: Sailing boats spend at least eight months competing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, the sport’s fastest and most hazardous event. The telecommunications industry is using the occasion to demonstrate just how small and tame

More

A speck in an ocean of speculation / Review of ‘Easter Island; The Mystery Solved’ by Thor Heyerdahl

Thistle Diary – More comment from Westminster: Of birds, monuments and overseas aid

Forum: It doesn’t always end in tears – The power of natural history museums

Forum: Driven to distraction – The economics of company cars

Forum: A sense of wonder – Our understanding of technology

Rewards and punishments / Review of ‘The Values of Psychotherapy’ by Jeremy Holmes and Richard Lindley

Forum: Let us now praise a famous woman / The questionable wisdom of British institutions in honouring Elena Ceausescu in the late 1970s

A little respect for our friends / Review of ‘The Dreaded Comparison; Human and Animal Slavery’ by Marjorie Spiegel, ‘The Savour of Salt; A Henry Salt Anthology’ edited by George and Willene Hendrick and ‘Keyguide to Information Sources in Animal Rights’

In search of brothers beyond

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