Is television of the future already obsolete?: Europe is now choosing which technologies to use for high-definition and wide-screen television. But are decisions being taken before all the options are available?
Features
This week's magazine
9 March 1991
Issue 1759
On the cover
Editor's picks
Dark doubts for cosmology: The so-called cold dark matter theory of cosmology unites particle physics, cosmology and the theory of how galaxies and clusters of galaxies formed into an elegant package. Why does this impressive theory find itself in diffic
Features
Will marine life survive the Gulf War?
Features
A war of nerves: Doctors once thought that soldiers suffering from shell shock were simply malingering to escape the battlefield. A century studded with wars has given the medical profession ample opportunity to realise its mistake.
Features
Earth
The house that came in from the cold
Features
Table of contents
News
Government told to support manufacturing
News
White asbestos also causes cancer
News
Washington clamps down on chemicals exports
News
Risk of epidemics threatens bombed Baghdad
News
Sandflies harbour danger for ‘desert rats’
News
Broadcasters clash over satellite rules
News
New findings revive dispute over HIV
News
Rhino remedy
News
. . . as nuclear industry calls for international rules
News
Accidents cast shadow over Japan’s nuclear strategy . . .
News
Confusion over who pays for British science
News
Europe’s squabbles jeopardise Third World research
News
Battery cages are ‘better for hens’
News
Fuss over fat leads to rethink on publicity
News
Cover-up continues over downed Korean plane
News
Cheap drug is best
News
Early warning
News
Toxic corpses
News
BSE hits France
News
Cause identified?
News
Gala prize
News
Curse of the kakapo cracked at last?
News
Science: Has Halley’s Comet split in two?
News
Science: Geologists study earthquakes in slow-motion
News
Science: Polar ‘satellite’ could revolutionisecommunications
News
Science: Ancient DNA gives up its secrets
News
Science: Do old people really live in the past?
News
Science: Smell response test
News
Technology
Technology: Plastic ‘dipstick’ cuts cost of HIV testing
News
Technology
Technology: Rise and shine by remote control
News
Technology
Technology: How optical discs feel the squeeze
News
Technology
Technology: Doggie and dolphin dig deep for clues to global warming
News
Technology
Technology: Paint with pores takes away pongs
News
Technology
Technology: Telephone that spurns unwanted calls
News
Technology
Technology: Computer code speaks in many tongues
News
Features
Is television of the future already obsolete?: Europe is now choosing which technologies to use for high-definition and wide-screen television. But are decisions being taken before all the options are available?
Features
Dark doubts for cosmology: The so-called cold dark matter theory of cosmology unites particle physics, cosmology and the theory of how galaxies and clusters of galaxies formed into an elegant package. Why does this impressive theory find itself in diffic
Features
Will marine life survive the Gulf War?
Features
A war of nerves: Doctors once thought that soldiers suffering from shell shock were simply malingering to escape the battlefield. A century studded with wars has given the medical profession ample opportunity to realise its mistake.
Features
Earth
The house that came in from the cold
Features
More
Biological pest control
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Inside Science
Talking Point: Global warming: look before we leap
Books / ‘Yes, Maybe No’ by Dan Barker
Books & Arts
Review: Was women’s finest hour in the 17th century?
Books & Arts
Review: Perfectionism in physics
Books & Arts
Review: It’s the thought that counts
Books & Arts
Review: Prescription for a planet
Books & Arts
Review: Long distance haulage
Books & Arts
SETI Pioneers by David Swift
Books & Arts
