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All fall down – One hundred kilograms of anthrax spores could wipe out an entire city in one go. It’s only a matter of time before bioterrorists strike. Robert Taylor investigates

Junk that goes bump – If a tiny piece of debris penetrates the hull of the station it might kill or maim an astronaut. Leonard David wonders if NASA is prepared for the worst

Heart of quarkness – Just when we thought we were on top of the subatomic world, strange noises are emerging from Chicago. Hazel Muir asks if there is something wrong with our picture

Wacky races – The prize for the fastest pedal-powered sub is a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Scott LaFee reports from the starting line

Table of contents

News

Science : Ghost crystals on the move

Smoke doesn’t get in your eyes…

Panic over falling sperm counts may be premature

Science : Viral gene disarms mosquitoes

Caught in the gold rush – Indigenous peoples claim they are paying the price of the world’s gold fever in lost land and poisoned water. Some of them are in London this week to promote their cause

Eyes right

False alarms

Cosmic quest

Science : The cerebellum’s sensitive side

Squirrels and scopes under fire

Science : It’s big, brown and it grows in the dark

Technology

Technology : Catch a cold and cure a cancer

Technology

Technology : Electric smelting for a cleaner future

Technology

Technology : Solar weather cripples satellite

Technology

Technology : Military precision for civilian GPS

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Fish on the brink

Article of faith fails aero engineers

Push for hospital births was misguided

South Africa returns wilderness to the people

Swiss cows fed on human placentas

Weak pound takes its toll of prestige projects

Forest fire menaces nuclear site

Technology

Netropolitan :

Gene spray

Pole partners

Deadly trade in Delhi’s hospitals

Conflicts threaten polio target

Fairer odds for DNA fingerprints

Gene shuttle virus could damage the brain

Chaos on the buses drives Rio towards gridlock

Technology

Technology : Solar power turns on the heat

Technology

Technology : Suicidal potatoes make sacrifice to save crop

Technology

Technology : Seed dip breaks witchweed’s spell

Science : Do X-ray comets shed carbon?

Science : Boiling stars shed bubbles of photons

Science : Preparation pays for weedy iguanas

Science : Lizard flies ahead by a neck

Opinion

Editorial : Thinking the unthinkable – IN Tokyo, the trial of the Aum Shinrikyo cult leader has just begun. Shoko Asahara, the self-styled messiah who convinced his followers that Armageddon was coming and only the faithful would survive, is accused of ma

Features

All fall down – One hundred kilograms of anthrax spores could wipe out an entire city in one go. It’s only a matter of time before bioterrorists strike. Robert Taylor investigates

Junk that goes bump – If a tiny piece of debris penetrates the hull of the station it might kill or maim an astronaut. Leonard David wonders if NASA is prepared for the worst

Heart of quarkness – Just when we thought we were on top of the subatomic world, strange noises are emerging from Chicago. Hazel Muir asks if there is something wrong with our picture

Wacky races – The prize for the fastest pedal-powered sub is a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Scott LaFee reports from the starting line

More

Review : Collected works

Review : Bugs and bangs . . .

Review : Bye-bye, beluga, bye-bye

Review : Listen to the voices

Review : Dead souls walking

Review : Cybersceptics

Review : United we stand

Forum : Let’s keep the Mona Lisa smiling

Forum : Every motorway has a silver lining? – Fred Pearce sees environmental engineering as the only way to keep the countryside green

Review : . . . squids and toasters

Review : BESTSELLERS from London

Review : Can’t pay? Won’t pay

Review : All in the mind

Antipodes : Wretched are the scientists – With cuts looming, Ian Lowe seeks revelation but finds ignorance and unease

Enigma 874 : Scamelot lottery

Thistle diary: Bad dreams and good little pigs

Review : On the chain gang

Review : Hidden treasure

Review : A matter of trust

Review : Lost and found

Review : Hear, hear

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