Pipe dreams to quench Britain’s thirst
Features
This week's magazine
16 November 1991
Issue 1795
Editor's picks
Fossils in colour: The world of fossils may not be as grey as we thought. A closer look at marine shells reveals the ghosts of a colourful past
Features
What drives the engines of innovation?: All scientists think they know how to spend the taxpayer’s money. But researchers in science policy are discovering that the choices are far from simple
Features
Health
Fat is a psychological issue
Features
Table of contents
News
Charities stress need for animal research
News
Fusion becomes a hot bet for the future
News
Science still struggling despite extra cash
News
The 1993 train to Paris is running late . . .
News
Aluminium in water supply ‘did no harm’
News
Dangerous cargoes a deadly gamble
News
Nuclear mercenaries name their price
News
Soviet Union admits to abuses of psychiatry
News
Earth
Another hot year keeps climate debate on the boil
News
Redundancies ‘illegal’ say German scientists
News
Dutch plan will sanction ‘mercy killing’
News
Loggers blamed for typhoon deaths
News
Did Queen Bess have a head for Shakespeare?
News
US visa law keeps out foreign scientists
News
Burning rubbish
News
Weather-wise
News
Indians foiled
News
Cleaner ships
News
Bush stays home
News
Smallest laser pins down light
News
Satellite success
News
Alps without snow
News
Science: Unexpected twist for tubular carbon
News
Science: Shake-up for beans means weevils take a tumble
News
Science: A hip theory for human evolution
News
Science: Strange quarks alter the structure of neutron stars
News
Science: Quasar doubles help to fix the Hubble constant
News
Science: Gravity takes the measure of slow-moving molecules
News
Technology
Technology: Dutch develop cheaper catalytic converter
News
Technology
Technology: NASA hunts for missing satellite money
News
Technology
Technology: Danger in the wake of an aeroplane
News
Technology
Technology: Small rail on track for quieter trains
News
Technology
Technology: Bottles find second life in the sewers
News
Technology
Technology: Sell-off puts squeeze on home teletext
News
Features
Pipe dreams to quench Britain’s thirst
Thousands of hectares of fields, meadows and marsh are threatened by plans for new reservoirs in southern England. Environmentalists say the plans are full of holes
Features
Fossils in colour: The world of fossils may not be as grey as we thought. A closer look at marine shells reveals the ghosts of a colourful past
Features
What drives the engines of innovation?: All scientists think they know how to spend the taxpayer’s money. But researchers in science policy are discovering that the choices are far from simple
Features
Health
Fat is a psychological issue
Features
More
Genetic fingerprinting
Inside Science
Talking Point: Are we throwing away the planet’s future?
Review: A passion for remembrance
Books & Arts
Review: Shying away from a clean sweep
Books & Arts
Review: Monkey business – the other point of view
Books & Arts
Review: Comfort me with apples
Books & Arts
Review: The stuff of nightmares
Books & Arts
Review: Green by design
Books & Arts
