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Deep freeze – Why does the Earth plunge in and out of ice ages? The answer may lie in an unexpected direction, says Gideon Henderson
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Spin doctors – First came tweezers, now there’s a spanner in the laser toolkit. As Michael Brooks finds out, microengineers can wield its whirling beam to trap and spin particles no bigger than red blood cells
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Life
Day of the Mutators
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Table of contents
News
Nerve gas guilty of sex discrimination
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Bird lives – Charlie Parker could soon be playing in your living room
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On a roll
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Growing problem in seed banks
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Frog song – Are agricultural chemicals poisoning amphibians?
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A call to arms
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Gene invasion
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Netropolitan :
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Netropolitan : Hey, I love you
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Focus : Seeds of wrath – Australian attempts to cash in on vital crops have angered farmers and sparked worldwide concern over biopiracy
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For love or money – Lonely hearts on the Internet don’t conform to sexual stereotypes
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Technofile : Fast track
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Technofile : Millennium chip
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Technofile : Bloody dogs
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Technofile : Green engines
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Forest jump
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Netropolitan :
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Netropolitan :
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Technology
Patents : Flying cyclists
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Newswire : Sea lion slaughter
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Newswire : Public exposure
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Newswire : Space blast
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Many roads make less work
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Know your bug – Genomes of major pathogens will be made public
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The rape of the sea
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Wasted watts – Digital television will have hidden costs
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The second coming – Did life evolve on Earth more than once?
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Patents : What’s in a word?
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Patents : Speed barriers
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Never forget – Is a bee’s lingering memory its downfall?
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Space bubbles knock exploded stars into shape
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Tight fit – Sloshing electrons help light wriggle through the most minute gaps
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Newswire : Tobacco fightback
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The flubber is about to hit the fans
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Cows vote with their feet – A new kind of footbath is a hit with cautious cattle
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Plastic minds – Magnetic fields could help rewire brains after injuries
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`Men-only’ gene may be universal
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In brief : Funny spot
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In brief : A river ran through it
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Plumbing the depths of the Cold War
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To the iceworld – A radar probe will lead NASA’s search for extraterrestrial life
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Newswire : Ph茅nix rises
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Newswire : Take that
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Newswire : Pregnant pause
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Birds do it, bees do it – Pollinators are vital for crop yields. But they are dying out
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In brief : Old soaks
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In brief : Wandering fig
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In brief : Drug sense
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In brief : Dinosaur bridge
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Features
Life
Liar! Liar!
Do humans have a monopoly on lying or are other species just as capable of pulling the wool over the eyes of their friends and rivals? Laura Spinney goes in search of the truth
Features
Deep freeze – Why does the Earth plunge in and out of ice ages? The answer may lie in an unexpected direction, says Gideon Henderson
Features
Spin doctors – First came tweezers, now there’s a spanner in the laser toolkit. As Michael Brooks finds out, microengineers can wield its whirling beam to trap and spin particles no bigger than red blood cells
Features
Life
Day of the Mutators
Features
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Review : Stupid heroes
Books & Arts
Review : Night caps
Books & Arts
Review : . . . b is for boring
Books & Arts
Review : Who’s a clever boy, then?
Books & Arts
Review : Exit polio
Books & Arts
Review : Sick genius
Books & Arts
Review : Great days
Books & Arts
Review : Collected works – Adrian Barnett casts a professional eye over the rainforest guides
Books & Arts
Review : Taking candy from a baby?
Books & Arts
Review : The famous five
Books & Arts
Review : A is for atom . . .
Books & Arts
Forum : Waiting for the flood – Barry Fox fears there could be trouble looming in the desert
Forum : Mad dogs and Englishmen – Scrap quarantine, but don’t drop your guard, says Debora MacKenzie
Bestsellers : from Oxford
Books & Arts
Thistle diary : – More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
Antipodes : Academy urges tighter vehicle emissions – Ian Lowe attends the air pollution roadshow
Tough customers – Pick up a plate or mug and it will probably be made from a ceramic material. But new types of ceramics have more exotic applications. You are as likely to find them inside jet engines, or in your body as new bones or false teeth
Inside Science
Edmond Halley by Alan Cook
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