Meteorites 鈥� the children of the asteroids
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This week's magazine
10 February 1996
Issue 2016
Editor's picks
Table of contents
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Only stern words can save world’s fish
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Magnetic flutter gives platinum the big chill
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USAF must come clean over tests
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Protecting sheep ‘puts birds at risk’
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‘Metamorphosis’ paper greeted with derision
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Street protest over threat to Brazilian reservations
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Shocking memories turn mice into stressed-out survivors
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French move to prevent vitamin overdose
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US finally honours pledge to take back spent fuel
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Israel’s graves a bone of contention
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Too many sheep spoil the heather
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South Pole wanders from the straight and narrow
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Does clowning help the medicine go down?
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Bright spark
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Antipodean fever
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Raccoon rage
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Censor chip law
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Get a life
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Rest in peace
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Rock fans go with the flow
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Gene police frozen out
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Viral genes give rivals the elbow
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Wasting protein triggers diabetes in obese
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Secrets of the great attractor
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Fine-tuned nerves for sporting aces
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Can road blocks keep brains safe?
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Trouble on the horizon for evaporating black holes
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Discerning ravens advertise the best places to eat
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Riddle of the superstrong insects
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Technology
Many arms make quick work
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Technology
Sheer magnetism does away with stomach surgery
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Technology
Sticky coat stops crop rot
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Technology
Netropolitan
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Technology
Lens combines the quick and the dim
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Technology
Film that thinks it’s a floppy
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Technology
Churning out cheap and colourful camera chips
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Technology
The probe that fell to Earth
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Tomorrow and tomorrow
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Features
Meteorites 鈥� the children of the asteroids
Next week, a spacecraft should set off on a three-year journey to a lump of flying rock the size of a city. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), scheduled for launch by NASA on 16 February, will be the first mission to study an asteroid
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Life unlimited
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Dreaming of Avalon
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Giants in their field
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Amphibiously yours
Books & Arts
Hungry times
Books & Arts
Galactic vision
Books & Arts
On the origins of behaviour
Books & Arts
Physics for Trekkies
Books & Arts
Doubly Nobel
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Strong stomach
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Killer currents
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Crunchingly big numbers
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Prophets of doom
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Bestsellers from Oxford
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Collected works: Looks at books for children
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