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Night of the strangest comet

Understanding the inner voices

South Africa: The missing pieces

Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world’s most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

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News

‘Cruel’ farming in the name of freedom

World Cup players face a whole new ball game

Young man, put your sperm in a bank

Two-way protection from a ‘menopause’ jab

Bosses call the shots in R&D revamp

Horse sense no guide to age

Robots hunt genetic switch

US says drivers must use more alcohol

A comet by any other name . . .

Environment

‘Designer organ’ row over baboon that died

How to break a fall, not a hip

Simple measures may defeat elephantiasis

Economic need will drive South African research

Cajun crayfish make a meal of Kenyan snails

Hands off Antarctic squid

Russians to shut plutonium plants

Royal stargazer

Women smokers

Small is plentiful

Robot’s return

Boost for bears

Condor killed

Cancer: is soya the solution?

Science: Why some volcanoes fizz before they pop

Science: Poison frogs eat poison prey

Science: Riddle of the red shift

Science: Spiders with a busy social life

Science: ‘Velcro’ protein could stop spread of cancer cells

Science: Tune into comet crash on your radio

Technology

Technology: Lawyers’ ad challenges rules of ‘netiquette’

Technology

Technology: Ziggy and Squiggle’s excellent CD-ROM adventure

Technology

Technology: ‘Whacky’ racers make a little go a long way

Technology

Technology: Can we make electricity out of thin air?

Technology

Technology: Microphone makes light of sound in a single step

Technology

Technology: High cost of engineering vital clotting factor

Technology

Technology: US satellite rivals fight for digital TV viewers

Opinion

Comment: What are men for?

Comment: Wiser counsel

Lots of energy for solar

Features

Night of the strangest comet

Carolyn Shoemaker can vividly recall the evening she discovered the comet that is due to fall into Jupiter next week. New 杏吧原创 met the world's most successful comet-spotter

Understanding the inner voices

South Africa: The missing pieces

Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world’s most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

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Waterborne diseases

Review: The mutation man

Review: How to build an electronic bomb

Review: Fall and rise of societies of the spectacle

Review: Deep secrets of well-charted territory

Review: Dog day afternoons

Review: Time machines at the fin de siecle

Review: A star is born

Review: From Mars to Jupiter in your back yard

Forum: Who will enlighten the students? – Schools need more involvement with industry says Brian Woolnough

Forum: Chipping away at cultural blocks – Jeremy Burgess ponders why we can take the arts at a leisurely pace but not the sciences

Thistle Diary: Nuclear stores and battle cries – Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

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