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Health

Irradiated food – too hot to handle?

The pixelated detector

The geothermal potential of a hot spring bath

Nuclear power goes to the polls: On Sunday Japanese votersgo to the polls. For the first time in more than 30 years, the country’sdomination by one party is threatened. The opposition parties have promisedto end the nuclear industry’s cosy relationship wi

Behind the face of malnutrition: What causes malnutrition? Simple lack of food is not always the answer. It could be fungal toxins, damage by free radicals or lack of protein

The dilemma of the jet set

Table of contents

News

Science: Poison oak has the power to split DNA

Science: AIDS drug goes on trial in manipulated mice

Crystal surprise

High winds wreak havoc with records

Science: Molecular biology solves the riddle of Mendel’s wrinkly peas

Link money

Do-it-yourself danger

Kites killed

HIV appeal

Galileo’s glitch

Sick trees

Jungle fire puts rare animals at risk

Americans deprived of contraceptive choice, says report

Marshall admits failure on nuclear power

Science: First success for fetal transplants in Parkinson’s disease

French research centre admits cancer risk

Neutron reactor lands in hot water

Embryo research: Peers set the tone for Commons debate on embryo research

Soviet psychiatrists ‘paid to issue false diagnoses’

European nations want action now on global warming

Animal researchers to get legal aid

EEC members ‘ignore green directives’

New hitches may cut Channel Tunnel’s capacity

Wellcome to back genome project

Peers seek more money for Third World technology

Indian nuclear plants accused over radioactive discharges

Prince’s forest plea

Technology

Technology: Sun-lovers turn to nature for protection

Technology

Technology: Europe battles to clean up its cars

Technology

Technology: Star pupils

Technology

Technology: Cooked cockroaches

Technology

Technology: It’s cooler with propane

Technology

Technology: Our fibres go further than yours, say Japanese

Technology

Technology: A salt-free diet for ailing roads?

Technology

Technology: A new handle on tennis elbow

Science: WIMPs could make stars appear older than they are

Science: Genital warts may not always be spread by sex

Science: Chemists penetrate benzene’s final disguise

Science: Does a spinning mass really lose weight?

Opinion

Developing a policy

Look after yourself

Features

Health

Irradiated food – too hot to handle?

The British government will soon present parliament with a bill to allow food to be sterilised by irradiation. But is the process safe, and do we really need it?

The pixelated detector

The geothermal potential of a hot spring bath

Nuclear power goes to the polls: On Sunday Japanese votersgo to the polls. For the first time in more than 30 years, the country’sdomination by one party is threatened. The opposition parties have promisedto end the nuclear industry’s cosy relationship wi

Behind the face of malnutrition: What causes malnutrition? Simple lack of food is not always the answer. It could be fungal toxins, damage by free radicals or lack of protein

The dilemma of the jet set

More

Forum: Strike, counterstrike / Fears of an escalation in the publications race

Forum: Ministers decide, professionals despair – The government’s attitude to professionals

Thistle Diary – More comment from Westminster: Dead on arrival

Makers of medical history / Review of ‘Historical Perspectives on the Role of the MRC’ edited by Joan Austoker and Linda Bryder

Forum: Good breeding doesn’t always show – When it comes to zoos, appearances can be deceptive

Money for old soap / Review of ‘The Faith Healers’ by James Randi

The ecology of attraction / Review of ‘Sexual Selection’ by James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould

Review of ‘A field guide to the crops of Britian and Europe’ by G M de Rougemont

Winning ways with Tech Speak

Deceptive practices / Review of ‘The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS’ by Michael Fumento

Addicted to research / Review of ‘Brainstorming: The Science and Politics of Opiate Research’ By Solomon Snyder and ‘Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery’ By Jeff Goldberg

Correction

Regulars

Ariadne

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