Trouble at the top
Features
This week's magazine
2 November 2002
Issue 2367
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Secret gas changes face of urban war
Russia used a "non-lethal" gas to rescue its hostages and more than a hundred innocent civilians died. Yet such weapons are top of many countries' wish lists
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Which drugs can stun a crowd in seconds?
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Fresh safety probe for shuttle fleet
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Dispatches
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Medicine
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Diesel’s dirty green surprise
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HIV’s family tree helps to convict ex-lover of attempted murder
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Holiday in orbit for the price of a car
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Drug beats sleep?
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Popular herbicide may gender bend wild frogs
News
Soundbites
News
The ultimate domino rally
News
Sounds like he’s innocent
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Swirling hot water on the ocean floor may have given evolution a kick-start
News
Vaccine blunts virus’s sting
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Weighty extra dimensions
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Telltale stream of bubbles could prove your swimsuit is the real McCoy
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Why wine buffs never forget a scent
News
We hear that鈥�
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Alien world spotted through star dust
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Setting sail with the light stuff
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A collective stomach drives wasp society
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Magic pool table turns you into a wizard potter
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Time drags when danger looms
News
Technology
Cracking up
News
Technology
On the right track
News
Technology
Who goes there?
News
Walking on shaky shoes
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Moths use colour to see flowers at night
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A fountain that cleans as it sparkles
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Concentration fix
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Brain teaser
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Stop, start progress for Americas’ first settlers
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Healthy living
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Venus lock down
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Come here often?
News
Opinion
Features
Trouble at the top
2002 is the International Year of Mountains. In the week when experts met in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, as part of a move to bring the forgotten high places to public attention, Ed Douglas considers why we've been ignoring one of the world's most threatened and
Features
Humans with altitude
Features
The only way is up
Features
Top dogs
Features
Glacial meltdown threatens people downstream
Features
Dr Coley’s famous fever
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