The oldest DNA in the world: The discovery of geneticmaterial that may be 16 million years old has left molecularpalaeontologists with more questions than answers
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This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Plastics of a new order
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Jubilee for the jet engine: Fifty years ago next week, FrankWhittle demonstrated jet flight in Britain for the first time. Despite manysetbacks, the industry he created still survives
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Britain’s deadly diet: Why do we eat such an unhealthy diet?Campaigners face a difficult battle against the food industry’s compellingadvertisements. A tough new government report should provide them withammunition
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The West pays up for Third World seeds: Developed countries have for centuries plundered the Third World for seeds to improve their crop yields. But crisis is looming because seed varieties are disappearing fast
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News
Nuclear piracy
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Science: The pros and cons of learning from others in the herd
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Science: Does the global greenhouse have a built-in thermostat?
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Recession drives the Treasury to tighten squeeze on science
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Citation system may encourage ‘banal’ research
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Amphetamines and the HIV connection
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Abe’s genes go marching on
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Compound from breast implants linked to cancer
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Orbiting radio telescopes promise a clearer view
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Georgia unprepared for April earthquake
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Alvey: the betrayal of a research programme
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Belgium and Britain swap plutonium
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FBI demands right to snoop electronically
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Solving the secret of the vanishing stork
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Patent protection against Chinese pirates
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Science: ‘Fourth neutrino’ could be a mirage
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New-look Link
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Be unprepared
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Dying species give birth to beauty
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Haemophiliacs put French transfusion service in the dock
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Double vision
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Wonderful jellyfish
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HIV saga goes on
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Words into action
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Human lives shrugged off in flood plan
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Technology
Technology: Shuttle tests the eyes of SDI
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Technology
Technology: US steals a lead in multimedia race
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Technology
Technology: Laser thermometer gets temperature spot on
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Technology
Technology: Supercomputer turns its back on silicon
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Technology
Technology: Water in space goes round and round again
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Technology
Technology: Clothes that change colour in the heat of the moment
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Science: Gene mutation could signal early bladder cancer
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Science: Tool training at the chimp academy
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Science: Sex-change engineering makes man of mouse
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Features
The oldest DNA in the world: The discovery of geneticmaterial that may be 16 million years old has left molecularpalaeontologists with more questions than answers
Features
Plastics of a new order
Features
Jubilee for the jet engine: Fifty years ago next week, FrankWhittle demonstrated jet flight in Britain for the first time. Despite manysetbacks, the industry he created still survives
Features
Britain’s deadly diet: Why do we eat such an unhealthy diet?Campaigners face a difficult battle against the food industry’s compellingadvertisements. A tough new government report should provide them withammunition
Features
The West pays up for Third World seeds: Developed countries have for centuries plundered the Third World for seeds to improve their crop yields. But crisis is looming because seed varieties are disappearing fast
Features
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Talking Point: How to shake up the A-level system
Forum: It’s all a matter of taste – Sue Birchmore sees the problems involved in changing habits
Forum: Under the spell of spelling: Ian Gordon advises scientists struggling to write their papers
Thistle Diary – Comment from Westminster: Too late for relief
Review: Girls’ rights to science
Books & Arts
Forum: Return to the ants – Christopher Joyce meets double-Pulizter prizewinner Edward Wilson
Review: Keep in touch
Books & Arts
Review: Birds and the landscape
Books & Arts
Review: Money matters
Books & Arts
Review: Leave it on your plate
Books & Arts
Review: Green-tinted spectacles
Books & Arts
Review: Dismissal is not disproof
Books & Arts
