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German geology hits new depths

Thirty years of the new astronomy: The past three decades have revealed that our history and our destiny are bound up with the stars in a way undreamt of by astrologers of the Middle Ages

Rights and wrongs of software

Chaos, entropy and the arrow of time: The theory of chaos uncovers a new ‘uncertainty principle’ which governs how the real world behaves. It also explains why time goes in only one direction

Earth

Rise and fall of life at sea

Table of contents

News

Albatross fall for the bait

Diggers dumped

Squirrel injunction

Japanese stake

Contraceptive ring goes on trial in UK

New rules in Brussels will help smaller fish slip the net

Science: Newborn neurons renew canary tunes

Science: Elephantiasis worms come out in the open

Pig with BSE

Science: Broadcast news – Supernova on the air again

Science: Neutrinos do come from solar fusion

Science: Boozy rats take protein to stop drinking

Science: When will a big quake hit eastern US?

Technology

Technology: Turbines turn motorways into a source of power

Technology

Technology: Vision technology heralds windowless fighter planes

‘No cancer clusters’ near American nuclear sites

Quick fix found for cystic fibrosis gene

Britain ‘squandering’ the best wind in Europe

Leaky shuttle threatens future of space station

Astronomers’ eyes turn to Antarctica

Antelope activate the acacia’s alarm system

Technology

Technology: Odyssey over the top of the Sun

Police move in again to save Brazilian tribe

. . . as Europe’s ministers fail to agree on framework for green taxes

Government promises action on energy efficiency . . .

Syphilis increase fuels AIDS fears in US

French science finds its own Gulf crisis

France boosts R&D

No cold comfort

Technology

Technology: Vanadium takes superconductors to new heights

Patents: An agent by any other name . . .

Patents: Use for old wells

Patents: Safe asbestos

Patents: Urinal symphony

Patents: Taste of tobacco

Patents: Protect and survive

Technology

Technology: UN sets up bigger, cleaner database

Technology

Technology: The needle point with a 3D view of life

Technology

Technology: Digital dots may bring hifi sound to neighbourhood cinemas

Technology

Technology: Will discs give film a future?

Science: Does the contraceptive pill turn women off sex?

Opinion

Comment: Fading greenery

Comment: Crossed lines at Philips

Talking point: Britain’s brain drain is not a myth

Features

German geology hits new depths

At a time when most countries have decided that deep drilling is too costly, Germany has begun a 10 kilometre deep well. It promises both scientific surprises and technical challenges

Thirty years of the new astronomy: The past three decades have revealed that our history and our destiny are bound up with the stars in a way undreamt of by astrologers of the Middle Ages

Rights and wrongs of software

Chaos, entropy and the arrow of time: The theory of chaos uncovers a new ‘uncertainty principle’ which governs how the real world behaves. It also explains why time goes in only one direction

Earth

Rise and fall of life at sea

Culture

Physics

Lev Landau: ‘Utterly repellent’ or a kind soul?

Lev Davidovich Landau was one of the Soviet Union's greatest physicists. He's been described variously as 'ruthless' and 'gentle' 鈥� now a聽collection of essays written by his friends and colleagues can help聽us to understand聽his true nature

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Review: A coffee-table tour of the fenlands

Forum: Teslaland – A truly American monument / A theme park for those who have lost their rightful place in history

Review: An ally’s view of chemical warfare

Forum: Soft, strong, and very very wrong?

Forum: First catch your aphid then blend it – The end of an era for microwasps

Forum: Twisting the fractal knife – Differences within the world of mathematics

Thistle Diary: More comment from Westminster – No respite from the Treasury

Review: The picture of information

Thistle Diary: No respite from the Treasury – More comment from Westminster

Forum: Twisting the fractal knife – Differences within the world of mathematics

Review: A bridge between troubled waters

Review: Climate facts, figures and policies

Review: Sacred words

Review: Ancient tales of death and disaster

Robotics computers’ next step

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