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Let’s go surfin’ – Imagine a beach where perfect waves break as regularly as the rhythm of a Beach Boys song. Ian Anderson reports

Hollywood bugs – He arranges stampedes of spiders and persuades cockroaches to play dead for the camera. They call him the bug man. Philip Cohen met him

Welcome to the Costa del Venus – Venus is hot as hell, the surf on Titan is awesome, but Pluto is just perfect for chilling out. Justin Mullins braves the weather on Earth’s neighbouring planets

The science behind Baywatch – Wet sag, butt rub and butt creep are just some of the challenges faced by TV’s beach heroines. Rosie Mestel reports

Snags, setbacks and snarlups – Even going on holiday can be a deeply puzzling business, says Ian Stewart

What’s logic got to do with it?

The naked aviator

Take one raw egg . . .

Machine bites man

Table of contents

News

Big science may force Britain to mortgage the future

Vital flaw in seat belt law

Fusion bows to the Rising Sun

Why Quayle never got the top job

Governments agree greenhouse curbs

Flights in space pile on the years

Data law may gag the press

Animal antibiotics `threaten hospital epidemics’

Green light in US for cross-species transplants

Finnish study challenges radon’s deadly reputation

Arctic forum wrestles with Inuit rights

US may relax rules on carcinogens in food

…now fallout spreads to space station

Missing tests sent Ariane on path to doom…

Chernobyl’s legacy

Cyber-terrorism

Nuclear waste hunt

CJD compensation

Behind closed doors

BSE in sheep

An interactive night at the opera

A heavy responsibility – Removing lead from petrol is cheap and easy, so why are poor countries resisting attempts to phase out a substance that threatens the health of millions?

Science : Animal virus found in depressed people

Science : Added ingredient makes for cool reactions

Science : The strange case of the stolen nectar

Science : Astronauts play God in space

Science : Brain detectives see memories in their true colours

Science : Ammonoid and the argonauts

Science : Cosmic clock points to expanding Universe

Technology

Technology : Impotence gel rises to the occasion

Technology

Technology : Could Kevlar save lives in the sky?

Technology

Netropolitan :

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Technology

Technology : Every cloud has a smoky lining

Technology

Technology : It’s just got to fit in there somehow

Technology

Technology : Where the smart money is in Atlanta

Technology

Patents : A new weapon against mad cow disease

Technology

Patents : Fuzzy logic

Technology

Patents : Light hearted

Technology

Patents : All to pot

Technology

Patents : Tea cures

Technology

Patents : Ear this

Opinion

Editorial : The Road to Damascus – CYNICS may say that John Gummer, Britain’s environment minister, is looking for a new job with the UN. True or not, his sudden outspoken support for the environment is welcome.

Editorial: A case of justice only half done

Features

Let’s go surfin’ – Imagine a beach where perfect waves break as regularly as the rhythm of a Beach Boys song. Ian Anderson reports

Hollywood bugs – He arranges stampedes of spiders and persuades cockroaches to play dead for the camera. They call him the bug man. Philip Cohen met him

Welcome to the Costa del Venus – Venus is hot as hell, the surf on Titan is awesome, but Pluto is just perfect for chilling out. Justin Mullins braves the weather on Earth’s neighbouring planets

The science behind Baywatch – Wet sag, butt rub and butt creep are just some of the challenges faced by TV’s beach heroines. Rosie Mestel reports

Snags, setbacks and snarlups – Even going on holiday can be a deeply puzzling business, says Ian Stewart

What’s logic got to do with it?

The naked aviator

Take one raw egg . . .

Machine bites man

More

AustralAsian : Land of the rising research funds – Bob Johnstone meets two scientists who have benefitted from Japanese backing

Review : Murder most fascinating

Review : Driven darlings

Review : Lost in space

Review : The young ones

Review : Worldly wise

Review : I am a Cretan

Review : Missing the boat

Review : Stars in its eye

Review : Prisoner of New York City

Review : Godly science

Review : Lush and green

Review : Let’s get personal

Review : Far out

Review : Organic is best

Review : A suitcase full of ideas

Review : Vivid takes

Review : Cold warrior

Review : Smokin’ guns

Review : Racing doc

Review : Italy’s scientific renaissance

Review : Just say no

Review : Hula histories

Review : Collected works

Bestsellers : from London

Forum : I itch, therefore I am

Forum : A matter of life and death

Washington diary : Rambo rides again – Andreas Frew reports from the heady heights of Capitol Hill

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