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The intraterrestrials – Deep in the Earth’s crust, undreamt-of life forms are scratching a living from little more than barren rock, discovers Stephanie Pain. And if life can survive there, why not inside another planet?

Making waves – Could this be the big idea that will break through computing’s speed barrier? Paul Marks meets a man who is trying out a radical new way of working with semiconductors

All the world’s a time machine – Imagine that there are loops in space-time, and that the future can influence the past. Marcus Chown meets a physicist who is convinced that this is exactly how the Universe works

It all adds up

Trials and tribulations of a drug tester

Table of contents

News

Health

MMR/autism: Have we fully investigated the risks?

Galileo gets slushy with Europa

Newswire : Student takeoff

Newswire : Toads’ legs

Newswire : History lesson

Bird on the wire – Rare grouse meet a grisly end in Scottish forests

Getting under the skins of junkies

In a flash – How to go digital without buying a new camera

Patents : Sound guidance

Foaming cleaner – Spray-on treatment clears asbestos

Patents : The dating game

Patents : Polished writing

Designer enzymes enjoy life in the hot seat

Womb for improvement – Einstein wannabes should choose their mothers with care

Technofile : Wafer thin

Technofile : Look no driver

Technofile : Spawning genes

The force of darkness – Unexpected results pop out when you relax relativity theory

Technofile : Full circle

Children come first in CJD safety drive

Bringing up boozers – Does the mere smell of alcohol turn children into drinkers?

Salmon war looms – Fisheries biologists, loggers and farmers prepare for battle

Launching the age of cheap video conferencing

Trading names – A poor former Soviet republic has struck gold

Ripe for the picking – Save money, just shake the oranges from the trees

Why dogs can turn up their noses at their masters

Suicide mission – Understanding how sperm kill themselves could lead to a male pill

Focus : Name games – A shortage of addresses is crippling the Internet. If a solution is not found soon, there could be chaos

Netropolitan : . . .

Netropolitan : . . .

Netropolitan : How to save the world

Know your enemy

Survival strategy – Can the dinosaurs’ demise show us how to save the Earth?

Nature’s bounty – A controversial definition of organic food is under attack

Walk this way

Newswire : Exported radiation

Newswire : Orbital smash

Newswire : Up in smoke

Memory man fails in libel suit

The eagles have landed – Satellite tracking is helping to save one of Spain’s rarest birds

Just add chillies – That hot and spicy curry could be a life-saver

In brief : Heady vitamin

In brief : Warm beer

In brief : Life in a void

In brief : In the dark

In brief : Hungry hormones

In brief : Afternoon darkness sheds light on the Sun

Opinion

Editorial : Chock-full of natural nonsense

Editorial : The needs of the many . . . – When individuals suffer for the sake of society we must compensate them properly

Features

The intraterrestrials – Deep in the Earth’s crust, undreamt-of life forms are scratching a living from little more than barren rock, discovers Stephanie Pain. And if life can survive there, why not inside another planet?

Making waves – Could this be the big idea that will break through computing’s speed barrier? Paul Marks meets a man who is trying out a radical new way of working with semiconductors

All the world’s a time machine – Imagine that there are loops in space-time, and that the future can influence the past. Marcus Chown meets a physicist who is convinced that this is exactly how the Universe works

It all adds up

Trials and tribulations of a drug tester

More

Antipodes : Alas, poor university – Ian Lowe finds election talk in Canberra

Review : Second that emotion

Review : Spice of Life

Review : Eat your greens

Review : Blast off

Review : Take your pick

Review : Mind games

Review : Sea of gravity

Review : Works of art

Review : Tell me more, tell me more

Review : Big eyes

Review : Century of science

Review : Work it out

Review : Collected works – Nicholas Saunders considers the forgotten archaeology of the Caribbean

Bestsellers : from Washington

Forum : How to bring the house down – Explosive lectures are the best way to bring science to the people, says Martyn Poliakoff

Forum : In deep water . . . – Brent Spar may have found a home, but the dumping debate continues, says Mark Huxham

Thistle diary : – More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

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