Eternal life for light bulbs: With at least one manufacturer promising a method of lighting that may last 50 times longer than standard bulbs, the industry is asking why people won’t pay for existing long-life products
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This week's magazine
20 February 1993
Issue 1861
On the cover
Editor's picks
The quest for the cosmological constant: Einstein called itthe biggest blunder of his life. But modern astronomers may need thecosmological constant to save the big bang
Features
Life
It came from outer space
Features
Victims of volcanoes: Why blame an asteroid?
Features
Life
Seeing biology through Aristotle’s eyes
Features
Table of contents
News
Embattled biospherians fight mite with mite
News
Ministers econmomical with vital statistics?
News
Rape case fuels row over HIV evidence
News
Smoking study strengthens cancer link
News
Cause unknown for ‘AIDS’ without HIV
News
Ethical doubts halt psychology study on children
News
High-flying railway back on track
News
Unfashionable research pushed aside
News
Mystery toxin in French shellfish
News
Congress probes sales of drugs discoveries
News
Suspect parts ground shuttle
News
‘Gender offenders’ skew results in many studies: The American Association for the Advancement of Science opened in 1993 meeting in Boston last week. New 杏吧原创’s reporters were there to sample what was on offer
News
Modern hunter-gatherers no guide to Stone Age past
News
HIV vaccine trial for newborn babies
News
Early Americans thrived without maize
News
Timid women still win the sex war
News
Good childcare beats the blues
News
The daring and devious father of vaccines
News
US industry spurns government inventions
News
Southern roaches fall for pheromones
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HIV: high risk behind bars – Among drug users, the risk of infection with HIV may be higher in prison than in the outside world. Ex-convicts know how the problem could be tackled but the government is slow to listen
News
Science: Nature worms out the time travel paradox
News
Science: Plant SOS summons insect cavalry
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Science: Virus transports ‘foreign’ gene into rat’s brain
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Science: Baleen whale’s genes capture echoes of past
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Science: The secret of Bath’s methane – fuelled microbes
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Science: Stick insects find seedy solution to safeguarding eggs
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Science: Youngest star
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Science: Life through the looking glass
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Science: Bouncing bees trigger pollen explosions
News
Technology
Technology: An electronic nose for brewing better beers
News
Technology
Technology: Smart bean for cancer
News
Technology
Technology: The laptop law of the sea
News
Technology
Technology: Radio Rhino is hot on the track of poachers
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Technology
Technology: A short cut to baking better ceramics
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Technology
Technology: Fastest circuit shows its paces
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Technology
Technology: Pegasus kicks Brazil into orbit
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Technology
Technology: Making light work of IVF
News
Opinion
Features
Eternal life for light bulbs: With at least one manufacturer promising a method of lighting that may last 50 times longer than standard bulbs, the industry is asking why people won’t pay for existing long-life products
Features
The quest for the cosmological constant: Einstein called itthe biggest blunder of his life. But modern astronomers may need thecosmological constant to save the big bang
Features
Life
It came from outer space
Features
Victims of volcanoes: Why blame an asteroid?
Features
Life
Seeing biology through Aristotle’s eyes
Features
More
Tropical diseases
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Inside Science
Review: In the beginning was the global lottery
Books & Arts
Review: Bounty for the patent hunters
Books & Arts
Review: Ecology, ethics and enlightenment
Books & Arts
Review: A physicist in his own write
Books & Arts
Review: Gaming by number theory
Books & Arts
Review: Cycles of life and light
Books & Arts
