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Dressed to kill – Tomorrow’s combat troops will wear clothing as sophisticated as the weapons they carry, says Justin Mullins

Return to paradise 鈥� If the people flee, what will happen to the seemingly indestructible

The plague that never was

Here comes the big one 鈥� Seismic waves that resound round the globe could be the key

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News

Casualties of quest for Olympic gold

Orphan elephants go on the rampage

Cancer charity faces fresh allegations

Doctors divided over cold turkey made easy

AIDS time bomb still ticking in former Soviet states

Nuclear watchdog may lose its teeth

Mothers grieve for lost freedom

Japan slow to act on dioxin danger

Firefighters abandon halons for water鈥�

鈥s farmers find a fumigant that doesn’t eat ozone

Greenham fallout penetrates corridors of power

If you can’t stand the heat, go shopping

Colonial legacy unlocks Arctic secrets

Asia’s growth spurt begins at the bench

After 150 years, the osprey is back

Burning issue

Buses go bump

Magnetic moon

Smoke signals

Wrecked view

Instant dealing

All the world shall be taxed – As manufacturing industries decline and the information economy takes over, governments are having to think up new ways to take their cut

Science : Child’s lethal gene fault heals itself

Science : Are nitrates good for us?

Science : Quantum secrets of Maya blue

Science : Earth’s heart is in a spin

Science : `Glass water’ helps plant beat drought

Science : Sun faces an egg-shaped future

Science : Exposing the deadly touch of measles virus

Technology

Technology : Through a micromirror cheaply . . .

Technology

Technology : Putting the brakes on big earthquakes

Technology

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Technology : Attack on video pirates backfires

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Technology

Technology : Where manatees may safely swim

Technology

Technology : Ironing out industry’s problems with waste

Technology

Technology : DAISY nets more bugs on the wing

Opinion

Editorial : A glimmer of hope – The annual international conference on AIDS that ended in Vancouver last week turned out to be unlike any of its ten predecessors. Of course, scientists, doctors, sociologists, politicians and public health officials turned

Features

Dressed to kill – Tomorrow’s combat troops will wear clothing as sophisticated as the weapons they carry, says Justin Mullins

Return to paradise 鈥� If the people flee, what will happen to the seemingly indestructible

The plague that never was

Here comes the big one 鈥� Seismic waves that resound round the globe could be the key

More

Antipodes : Becoming clever in the country – Ian Lowe hears about about high tech farming

Review : No more moody blues

Review : Agent provocateur

Review : Sea change

Review : Exploding cuttlefish

Review : Careless talk costs

Review : . . . And legacy

Review : Needham’s life . . .

Review : Shift those yen

Review : Seconds out

Review : Locals know how

Review : Bright young things

Review : Rock and roll

Review : Collected works

Bestsellers : from Oxford

Forum : Let’s talk to the animals – Philip Johansson argues that there is more to ecology than just statistics

Forum : Ain’t it all a bleedin’ shame? – Fred Pearce finds it’s the poor wot gets the blame again

Thistle diary : Hot wastes and flat batteries – More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

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