Sweeteners and light: The public has become confused about how safe sweeteners really are. A new directive from Brussels could confuse matters further
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The lure of the paranormal
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End of the peer show: Who decides who should do what research? Most scientists agree that peer review is a deeply flawed method. But other solutions might be worse
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Plug into the sun: Rising oil prices have renewed interest in solar energy. This time, say some researchers, we should focus on ways of converting the sun’s power into heat rather than electricity
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Can koalas bear the twentieth century?: Cuteness is no protection from disease. Nor, it seems, does it offer immunity from the ravages of urban development, logging and agriculture. Without help, the koala could disappear altogether
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News
Working together
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Technology
Technology: Virtual reality is virtually round the corner
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Technology
Technology: Master tapes come to a sticky end
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Technology
Technology: Bigger isn’t better for BT’s giant video screen
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Technology
Technology: Japanese space research comes down to Earth
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Technology
Technology: Hubble hopes hang on British software
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Saved by the Gulf
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Flying off into the sunrise
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American hopes
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Save the coasts
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Congress to consider genetic privacy law
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Four-year-old is first gene therapy patient
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Warming world
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Phenix falls
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Powerful rubbish
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Science: No chaos in quantum mechanics
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Oil companies stick to their flares
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Drug safety body refuses to keep quiet on BST
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Leaking gas mains help to warm the globe
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Pentagon switches funds to environmental research
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Fusion in favour
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Rogue light led to Hubble’s crooked mirror
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Studies confirm the prime suspects in air pollution
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Eastern Europe is old-fashioned over fat
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Colleges need cash for more R&D
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Thieves destroy data on Chernobyl victims
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Nuclear industry supports childhood cancer study
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Comfortable homes ‘can give children asthma’
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Testing row splits nuclear weapons meeting
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Technology
Technology: Precision optics grinds up a new gradient
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Technology
Technology: Bacteria make a meal of oil slicks
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Technology
Technology: ‘Pistol’ takes the backache out of bricklaying
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Science: Transplants across species could ‘cure’ diabetes
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Science: Facing unemployment is bad for your heart
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Science: How do plankton handle the ozone hole?
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Science: Hidden depths to Hawaiian volcanoes
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Science: Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide could be risky
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Science: An electric solution to losing your hair
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Opinion
Features
Sweeteners and light: The public has become confused about how safe sweeteners really are. A new directive from Brussels could confuse matters further
Features
The lure of the paranormal
Features
End of the peer show: Who decides who should do what research? Most scientists agree that peer review is a deeply flawed method. But other solutions might be worse
Features
Plug into the sun: Rising oil prices have renewed interest in solar energy. This time, say some researchers, we should focus on ways of converting the sun’s power into heat rather than electricity
Features
Can koalas bear the twentieth century?: Cuteness is no protection from disease. Nor, it seems, does it offer immunity from the ravages of urban development, logging and agriculture. Without help, the koala could disappear altogether
Features
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Forum: End of a behaviourists dream – The heroic efforts of BF Skinner
Thistle Diary: More comment from Westminster – Defence and discipline
Forum: Montagnier, Gallo or both? – On who the scientific community believes discovered HIV
Forum: Laptops in development – The joys of laptops in Mali
Review: Sleep and Dreaming
Books & Arts
Postmortem by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Books & Arts
Review: Cracking the criminal code
Books & Arts
Forum: Matchmaking for biologists – A reconciliation for his colleagues
Correction
Regulars
Review: A problem of numbers
Books & Arts
Review: Better keep your feet on the ground:
Books & Arts
Review: Islands of light in the dark continent
Books & Arts
