The battle to stop the Gulf from choking
Features
This week's magazine
23 March 1991
Issue 1761
Editor's picks
Godmanchester’s temple of the Sun: Archaeologists diggingaway amid the gravel pits of Cambridgeshire have discovered what appearstobe ancient Europe’s most sophisticated astronomical computer
Features
Cars come to the end of the road: This week British transport researchers reached a new consensus. They agreed that the car’s domination of transport policy must end
Features
Africa at a watershed: Africa is a parched continent. Three decades of grand plans to water its fields and fill its taps have failed. What next? Some experts say that water from equatorial Zaire could make the Sahel bloom. Others want to abandon such eng
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The benefits of a good school: When it comes to schooling, invertebrates such as shrimps and squids do it like fish, and probably for the same reasons
Features
Kingdoms in turmoil
Features
Table of contents
News
Did early tests damage unborn babies?
News
Cut-price space station runs out of steam
News
Framework becomes a pawn in Europe’s politics
News
Research centre will study Antarctica
News
Exxon coughs up over oil spill
News
All hope gone for Daresbury collider
News
Technology group rushes to woo City
News
Infrared: the astronomer’s favourite wavelength
News
England prays for rain but prepares for the worst
News
. . . as it goes back to basics
News
Japan opens doors to foreign companies . . .
News
France investigates ethics of AIDS tests
News
Tougher rules to protect countryside on the way
News
Dorset’s heathland wins last-minute reprieve
News
Will none but the greenest qualify for Europe’s ecolabel?
News
Research bill
News
Dams damned
News
Cancer culprit
News
Tasty bait
News
Fishy substance
News
Postal role for the ozone hole
News
Nuclear rules
News
Science: ‘Microlens’ could reveal distant black holes
News
Science: Antarctic sea urchins give birth despite the spines
News
Science: Toxic hitchhikers conquer the world’s oceans
News
Science: Supernova theory exploded by solitary white dwarfs
News
Science: Microwaves cook up ball lightning to order
News
Science: Black holes bounce back into galaxies
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Science: How a protein can pull the wool over a sheep’s eyes
News
Technology
Technology: Sorry, wrong number, says BT
News
Technology
Technology: A roof over your head for 拢100
News
Technology
Technology: Quicklime could quickly dispose of PCBs
News
Technology
Technology: Space technology homes in on cancer
News
Technology
Technology: Fuel growers call for government support
News
Technology
Technology: Will viruses vanquish the Adriatic’s algae?
News
Technology
Technology: Sowing the seeds of clean, clear water
News
Features
The battle to stop the Gulf from choking
The lifeblood of Kuwait's once thriving economy now casts a shadow over the entire Gulf region. Oil 鈥� burning and polluting the shoreline 鈥� is the target of an international environmental task force.
Features
Godmanchester’s temple of the Sun: Archaeologists diggingaway amid the gravel pits of Cambridgeshire have discovered what appearstobe ancient Europe’s most sophisticated astronomical computer
Features
Cars come to the end of the road: This week British transport researchers reached a new consensus. They agreed that the car’s domination of transport policy must end
Features
Africa at a watershed: Africa is a parched continent. Three decades of grand plans to water its fields and fill its taps have failed. What next? Some experts say that water from equatorial Zaire could make the Sahel bloom. Others want to abandon such eng
Features
The benefits of a good school: When it comes to schooling, invertebrates such as shrimps and squids do it like fish, and probably for the same reasons
Features
Kingdoms in turmoil
Features
More
Talking Point: Look beyond Europe for standards
Review: Cutting the global energy cake equitably
Books & Arts
Review: Untangling the busy, busy lines
Books & Arts
Review: Science fair in Dublin’s city
Books & Arts
Review: A goggle at reality
Books & Arts
Books / ‘Natural Landscapes of Britain From the Air’
Books & Arts
Review: Wake me when it starts
Books & Arts
