Rough justice for East German science?: The work of scientists in the former East German republic has been on trial to see which parts should continue. Many of those put on the witness stand believe the jury was rigged
Features
This week's magazine
28 September 1991
Issue 1788
On the cover
Editor's picks
Time to save rhinoceroses
Features
Rock of ages – cleft by laser: If you want to date a rock, get a laser. That’s the message for geologists interested in the precise age of anything from Moon rocks to hominid fossils
Features
A moon with atmosphere: Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, has an atmosphere more like ours than any other body in the Solar System. Why?
Features
Liberty, ecology, modernity: France’s demand for more water and power from the Loire threatens fragile wetlands. But engineers are becoming aware of the dangers of tampering with nature
Features
Table of contents
News
Blanket HIV tests urged for US hospitals
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News
Oily coats slow Antarctic penguins
News
Germany’s funding blues
News
North-South split kills hopes of forest treaty
News
Spain blocks survival plan for Europe’s wildlife
News
. . . as Canadians denounce ‘glitzy’ project
News
British eyes agleam at accelerator plans . . .
News
Counting the cost of cocaine babies
News
Kurdish home builders race against time
News
Acid rain’s high cost to Europe
News
Quarrying threatens India’s tigers
News
Soviet republics call for common science forum
News
China puts world’s largest dam back on the agenda
News
Great Lakes pollution linked to infertility
News
World Bank holds back on Thai hydro scheme
News
Tax boosts R&D
News
Nuclear plans
News
Thinking fast
News
Healthy savings
News
Breeding sea birds
News
Thriving dolphins
News
Energy guzzlers
News
How Britain gets into hot water
News
Power down
News
Science: Mandelbrot set is as complex as it could be
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Science: Stretched bonds fuel chemical controversy
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Science: Satellite star survey spices up study of hot sources
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Science: Confirmation at last for a completely smooth Universe
News
Science: Nakedness and the cosmic censor
News
Technology
Technology: Holograms highlight flaws in the fuselage
News
Technology
Technology: ‘Fatigue fuses’ blow the whistle on structural stress
News
Technology
Technology: Materials tester piles on the pressure
News
Technology
Technology: The labourer that needs no tea break
News
Technology
Technology: Microwaves lead to low-energy laundry
News
Technology
Technology: Richmond prepares to welcome paying drivers
News
Technology
Technology: US cities breathe easier with oxygenated fuels
News
Technology
Technology: Will a chip on the shoulder become fashionable?
News
Patents: Wave of change
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Patents: Smile please
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Patents: Tyres keep a grip on inventors
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Patents: Linking videos
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Patents: A feel for safety
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Patents: Patents information
News
Opinion
Features
Rough justice for East German science?: The work of scientists in the former East German republic has been on trial to see which parts should continue. Many of those put on the witness stand believe the jury was rigged
Features
Time to save rhinoceroses
Features
Rock of ages – cleft by laser: If you want to date a rock, get a laser. That’s the message for geologists interested in the precise age of anything from Moon rocks to hominid fossils
Features
A moon with atmosphere: Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, has an atmosphere more like ours than any other body in the Solar System. Why?
Features
Liberty, ecology, modernity: France’s demand for more water and power from the Loire threatens fragile wetlands. But engineers are becoming aware of the dangers of tampering with nature
Features
More
Talking Point: More democracy, please, at the SERC
Review: Flag Fen – lively layers of history
Books & Arts
Review: The purpose of the wild
Books & Arts
Review: An Antarctic dystopia
Books & Arts
Review: The new tricks of the trade
Books & Arts
Review: A bridge between two worlds
Books & Arts
Review: Roll-your-own maths
Books & Arts
Books / Dinosaur stamps
Books & Arts
Forum: Water filters and the profits of doom – Richard Gould feels swamped by a rising tide of selling
Books & Arts
