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Will taxonomy go the way of the dinosaurs?: Plans to drop research in some areas of science at the Natural History Museum in London have led to protests from scientists across the world

The molecules of outer space: Astronomers have found that the dark regions of interstellar space are teeming with molecules, many formed by unusual chemical reactions that rarely occur on the Earth

Baikal’s hidden depths: For the first time since the Russian Revolution, foreign scientists have a great opportunity to probe the depths of Lake Baikal, the most fascinating freshwater ecosystem on Earth

Primate origins up in the air again: Extinct creatures that everyone thought were our earliest primate ancestors, finely tuned to life as visual predators, turn out instead to have been exquisitely adapted to gliding

Circles in the corn: Now is the season for crops to be flattened into strange patterns in fields across southern Britain. Far from being the work of devils or aliens, the circles seem to arise from a combination of atmospheric physics and the local lands

Table of contents

News

‘Dangerous’ drugs in Armenian aid

New Zealand declares war on the possum

Slow French

Exile challenge

Leading lights in the dark

Ministry regained

MIT tries again

Weather wars

AIDS drug

Korean aid

Science: Old stars may shine a light on hidden comets

Forensic expert slates Maguire analysis

Britain fails to harvest full fruits of biotechnology

Hostilities sharpen at embattled museum

Science: Will Americans be first to catch the top quark?

Egyptians wrestle with the new riddle of the Sphinx

Cholesterol in your blood – is a little knowledge dangerous?

US agrees extra funds to safeguard ozone layer

Concern prompts review of joint R&D rules

An unexpected honour ..

British groups call for bill of rights for AIDS sufferers

Disappearing forests fan fears over tropical action plan

Communication gaps undermine reports on global warming

Texans try for the customised cow

Inside Science: Nature’s catalysts – Enzymes do it better

Technology

Technology: Thirsty amphibian quenches fires

Technology

Technology: Satellite operators home in on mobile messages

Technology

Technology: Robots bone up on operating techniques

Technology

Technology: Lasers take the pain out of surgery

Technology

Technology: ‘Mystery’ paint steps up the heat

Technology

Technology: Clear colour tempts Japanese viewers

Science: Turtles return to ‘birth beach’ to lay their eggs

Science: Jupiter’s sodium cloud

Technology

Technology: Mercury strains the law to get the fax right

Science: The calm that comes before the quake

Science: DIY chimp uses a whole box of tools

Opinion

Comment: Permanent waywardness

Comment: Unnatural history

Features

Will taxonomy go the way of the dinosaurs?: Plans to drop research in some areas of science at the Natural History Museum in London have led to protests from scientists across the world

The molecules of outer space: Astronomers have found that the dark regions of interstellar space are teeming with molecules, many formed by unusual chemical reactions that rarely occur on the Earth

Baikal’s hidden depths: For the first time since the Russian Revolution, foreign scientists have a great opportunity to probe the depths of Lake Baikal, the most fascinating freshwater ecosystem on Earth

Primate origins up in the air again: Extinct creatures that everyone thought were our earliest primate ancestors, finely tuned to life as visual predators, turn out instead to have been exquisitely adapted to gliding

Circles in the corn: Now is the season for crops to be flattened into strange patterns in fields across southern Britain. Far from being the work of devils or aliens, the circles seem to arise from a combination of atmospheric physics and the local lands

More

Thistle Diary – More comment from Westminster: Two bites or none?

Forum: One born every minute – An offer he can’t refust

Forum: Turning viruses to good use – Computer viruses could yet prove beneficial

Forum: Controlling the greenhouse – Is anyone taking this seriously?

Review: Our cousins, ourselves

Review: Orchids in the wastelands

Review: Cycles, climate and the Sun

Review: Blots on the landscape

Review: Children measure the planet’s health

Forum: Piety in the sky – No Graeco-Roman mythology please, we’re British

Review: Ironing out the wrinkles of space-time

The magic of catalysts

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