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Let there be light – After the big bang came the age of darkness. Then, sometime in the next billion years, the stars began to shine. Marcus Chown investigates how it happened

Superconductors in a twist – Materials that banish electrical resistance have been a disappointing flop鈥攁ll because of the spiralling currents that rage inside them. Now the race is on to tame these miniature whirlwinds, says Debra Dougherty

Damage Control – Precision chemical instruments that snip out or block a section of DNA’s double helix have astounding potential. Switching off cancer genes is just a start, as Jim Thomas finds out

Blow-up – NASA’s scientists hope to revive an orbiting camera capable of mapping the world in extraordinary detail. Ben Iannotta reports

Table of contents

News

Newswire – Sobering thought

Newswire – NASA’s wings clipped

Newswire – Double-edged sword

Unnatural deaths – A nasty discovery at Ekaterinburg may fuel a weapons clampdown

Carry on talking – Your mobile phone could run for days on end without recharging

Cancer probe has glowing future

Spending spree

Chinese for computers – Software that captures the cadences of language

Well, that’s sorted then . . . – Separating fragments of DNA by their size looks set to become a lot easier

Patents – Have you seen this man?

Patents – Alarming gizmo

Patents – Soft focus

Foul medicine – Biologists are closing in on marine pests that fight cancer

Robosmears are go – Computers come to the aid of overworked lab technicians

Milk theory stirs up bowel disease experts

Grim surprise – News of a powerful greenhouse gas came too late for Kyoto

Thanks Gran

Mine’s a pint – The farmers of the future may ply their crops with alcohol

Keep your hair on – A gene offers hope to the follicularly challenged

Technofile : Paper walls

Technofile : Living Lego

Technofile : High fibre

Technofile : Fine tuning

Just the ticket – Soon you won’t head for the bus stop without checking the Net

Focus : A necessary evil – Banning DDT might seem like a good idea in the North, but there is no more effective weapon for fighting malaria in the tropics

Netropolitan :

Netropolitan : Read all about it

Cool futures – Planes and cars face a revolution thanks to a tiny heat exchanger

Netropolitan :

Netropolitan :

Water comes clean – A nasty fuel additive can now be removed from drinking supplies

Haemophiliacs praise Irish stance on safety

Newswire : Forest razed

Newswire : Health supremo

Don’t call it Sue or we’ll sue again

Newswire : Implant impasse

No free lunch – Salmon farms could be taking a lethal toll on marine life

Life

In brief: Long-haul birds dump surplus baggage

In brief : Finishing the job

In brief : Root cause

In brief : In a spin

In brief : Softy metals

In brief : Paper chase

Opinion

Editorial : Interrogate yourself – All the very best answers start life as wildly ambitious questions

Features

Let there be light – After the big bang came the age of darkness. Then, sometime in the next billion years, the stars began to shine. Marcus Chown investigates how it happened

Superconductors in a twist – Materials that banish electrical resistance have been a disappointing flop鈥攁ll because of the spiralling currents that rage inside them. Now the race is on to tame these miniature whirlwinds, says Debra Dougherty

Damage Control – Precision chemical instruments that snip out or block a section of DNA’s double helix have astounding potential. Switching off cancer genes is just a start, as Jim Thomas finds out

Blow-up – NASA’s scientists hope to revive an orbiting camera capable of mapping the world in extraordinary detail. Ben Iannotta reports

More

Darwinian Myths by Edward Caudill (1998)

Review : First principles

Review : Who’s mad

Review : Trouble with doubles

Review : Drive right

Review : Start here

Review : Hot tropics

Review : People make people

Review : Specialists, please

Review : Full bloom

Review : Collected works – David Tomlinson on the narrative values of images of the natural world

Bestsellers : from San Francisco

Forum : Floral eccentrics – Amateur naturalists are on the lookout for oddities, reports Gail Vines

Forum : Let us in on your secrets – The European Union is making vital decisions behind closed doors, says Helen Gavaghan

Thistle diary : – More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

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