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The light at the end of the rainbow

Thoroughly modern Mongolia: Mongolia is in a state of upheaval. Casting aside the outdated theories and industries borrowed from the Soviet Union, the country is looking for a path to a modern way of life that fits its traditional ways

Shudders in the fabric of space-time: Researchers around the world are racing to build a new type of telescope, that will detect gravitational waves from exploding stars, colliding pulsars and cosmic strings

Weeding with fungi

Shaky start for engineering design centres: Four new research centres could recharge Britain’s engineering industry. But the government is offering them only half-hearted assistance

The centres that may bring new life to industry

Table of contents

News

Making the best of Hubble

Soaring cancer rates prompt call for study

Mothers hold key to studying child development

Soviet space programme in chaos as participants threaten withdrawal

Dark side of Moon highlights X-rays from space

Magellan stops wobbling and starts mapping

Canberra puts skids under Antarctic convention

Raccoons invited to lunch on rabies vaccine

US and Europe could fall out over climate change

New fears of leaks from French bomb tests

Nasty niffs

At the BA: Clash over museum cuts

Technology

Technology: Gene-spliced corn heralds customised crops

Technology

Technology: Stereo system gives sound its own space

Technology

Technology: Wood waste pumps oil

Technology

Technology: 19th-century engine refrigerates without CFCs

Technology

Technology / Prototype solar electricity generator developed by Sunpower of Ohio and Cummins of Abilene

Science: How plants with patterned leaves compete

Technology

Technology: Microwave cooking code spells danger

Technology

Technology: Milk solution saves elephants

Science: Drought comes hand in hand with rain

Science: ‘Trapped’ seismic waves could help to predict earthquakes

Science: Trials of growth factors show promise in cancer

Science: Could mini black holes provide a ‘theory of everything’?

Science: ‘Dark matter’ may be hidden stars after all

At the BA: Flood warning as sea defences weaken

At the BA: Early mental illness linked to brain abnormalities

At the BA: BA backs animal research

At the BA: Eating lunch causes dip in concentration

Genetic gremlins

Model moth for insect engineers

Penguin verdict

Astro’s mission

At the BA: Moser moves to rescue Britain’s schools

At the BA: Survey highlights serious shortages in the classroom

At the BA: A capital cure for the Soviet Union’s ecological ills

Cancer compound

Juno grounded

Opinion

Comment: The risks of ‘big’ science

Comment: Engineering by design

Talking Point: Global warming, the coal industry view

Features

The light at the end of the rainbow

Everyone knows that rainbows present the brightest and best range of colours. But this has more to do with how we see natural colours than with rainbow optics

Thoroughly modern Mongolia: Mongolia is in a state of upheaval. Casting aside the outdated theories and industries borrowed from the Soviet Union, the country is looking for a path to a modern way of life that fits its traditional ways

Shudders in the fabric of space-time: Researchers around the world are racing to build a new type of telescope, that will detect gravitational waves from exploding stars, colliding pulsars and cosmic strings

Weeding with fungi

Shaky start for engineering design centres: Four new research centres could recharge Britain’s engineering industry. But the government is offering them only half-hearted assistance

The centres that may bring new life to industry

More

Thistle Diary – More Comment from Westminster: Of teachers and animals

Forum: Great scientist, lousy manager? – Anne Rolin wants to make the best of scientific superstars

Forum: Getting above myself – Ian Gordon discovers he has a penchant for honorary degrees

Forum: Educating with empathy – Common sense gets in the way of science

Forum: An apple a day – Forbidden fruits and the medical profession

Review: Yellow companion to space

Review: Fiction that flies faster than light

Review: Compact guides to global warming

Review: Solid state in the music industry

Forum: Psst . . . want to buy a power station? – Can poor, redundant Battersea really be worth as much as PowerGen

Engines of Creation by K. Eric Drexler

Review: The handover of knowledge

Review: Fear and ignorance create loathing

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