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The unselfish gene

The thrill of the spill 鈥� There’s more to coffee stains than meets

Highs and lows 鈥� Heroin really screws up your immune

The future’s bright 鈥� The processing power of silicon chips and the

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News

Devil in the diesel 鈥� Lorries belch out what may be the most

Newswire : Asteroid spared

Newswire : CJD hazard

Newswire : Journal protest

Newswire : Dead on arrival

Orgies alter the brain

Reef wreckers 鈥� The world’s coral has been stripped of life

Chip with a built-in bug 鈥� Wiring a beetle to a microcircuit gives early

Patents : Double take

Patents : Wet behind the ears

Patents : Speak up

Fungus gets the brush-off

Wool comes up to scratch 鈥� Big stretch makes plain old worsted feel

Dinos branch out

A tale of six cities 鈥� Humble bugs have helped conquer a notorious

Manmade molecule takes an odd direction

Ahead by a whisker 鈥� When it comes to being in two minds, rats and

You’re listening to Radio Whale…

Sharpen the harpoons 鈥� Norway and Japan may soon get the green light

Energy explorers strike gold 鈥� Essential enzymes have earned their

Just cool it 鈥� Atom-chillers win the ultimate accolade

Technofile : Stopped dead

Technofile : Radio shield

Technofile : Breathe again

Technofile : Safe to talk?

Rebel with a cause? 鈥� A powerful mini-quasar is perplexing astronomers

Keep it short

Radio head 鈥� The brain has its own FM receiver

Running on parallel lines 鈥� Nanolab could create hundreds of compounds

Headphones hit the right wavelength

Not dead, just surfing 鈥� Your Web site can live on after you’ve gone

In sickness and in health 鈥� Gene therapy could revolutionise medicine,

Netropolitan : Crises and cover-ups

Netropolitan :

Dodgy brakes 鈥� Global Surveyor’s orbital manoeuvre has hit a snag

His and hers

Newswire : Bald patch

Russia’s secrets and spies

Silent slaughter 鈥� Thousands of lab animals die without trace

Newswire : Slingshot to Saturn

Newswire : Rabies foxed

In Brief : Mammoth graveyard

In Brief : Cancer switch

In Brief : Walk like a . . .

In Brief : Red hot chilli peppers

In Brief : Mating frenzy

Opinion

Editorial : The means to an end 鈥� Alternatives to animal experiments are possible, but governments must pay

Features

The unselfish gene

The thrill of the spill 鈥� There’s more to coffee stains than meets

Highs and lows 鈥� Heroin really screws up your immune

The future’s bright 鈥� The processing power of silicon chips and the

More

Australasian : Worldwide Webb at work 鈥� Bob Johnstone explores efforts

Review : Fear of Mars and of his creatures

Review : A smashing time had by all

Review : Secret history

Review : Holy scientificness

Review : Sick of the future

Review : Where does awareness dawn?

Review : Feeling peckish

Review : Isaac the torturer

Bestsellers : from Oxford

Review : Collected works 鈥� Elizabeth Sourbut travels far and wide with

Forum : A graceful old age 鈥� Don’t throw the newt out with the

Forum : Indonesia aflame 鈥� The tragic cycle of disaster can only be

Forum : Washington diary 鈥� Andreas Frew reports from the heady

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