It’s that special time of year again
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This week's magazine
21 December 2002
Issue 2374
Editor's picks
Vin extraordinaire
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Go with the floe
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Humans
Love on a wire
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Piste lightning
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Sequence me!
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Under pressure
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Silent fright
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Season’s sniffles
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Go figure
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Light fantastic
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Raising the steaks
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Past master
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I’ll drink to that
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King of the canopy
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Remember this?
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Table of contents
News
Public misled over fire-safe cigarettes
Cigarette manufacturers knew more than 15 years ago how to make their products less of a fire hazard. Why didn't they market these safer cigarettes sooner?
News
A brave new step for medicine as an organ is treated outside the body
News
Soundbites
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The US will pay a price for vaccinating over a million against smallpox
News
Dispatches
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Cities eat away at Earth’s best land
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Gene therapy gets the body to attack cancer
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Technology
Mobile smoke detector
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Technology
A spoonful of chocolate鈥�
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Technology
Tis the season to be silly
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Bolivia says nuts to the hunt for grandaddy of all peanuts
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Standing up to gravity
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Old planes face extra checks
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Snails snack on poison metals
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Life may linger in icy time capsule
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Mystery of Moon’s origins solved
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How we got our backbone
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Bacterial freeze frame reveals gene weapons
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Deafening seashells
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Humans
Spotty genes
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Secret life of limpets
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Rubble moon
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Malaria hope
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Himalayas due for giant earthquake
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Despite all the talk, real change is as elusive as ever
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The year in short
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Planet hunters bag a record haul
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So when can we expect to meet our Armageddon?
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Stem cell work forges ahead as the politicians squabble
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The year in short
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Bioterror takes centre stage
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The year in short
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Moscow drama spurs hunt for ‘non-lethals’
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Rising swell of support for marijuana
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Pieces of the gravitypuzzle fall into place
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Bubble trouble meant red faces all round
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The year in short
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Gene battle goes south
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Opinion
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It’s that special time of year again
Whether you're roasting chestnuts on an open fire, barbecuing turkey burgers on the beach or marvelling at your neighbour's rooftop lighting display, it's time to kick back, relax and recharge your batteries. And what better way to unwind than with a good
Features
Vin extraordinaire
Features
Go with the floe
Features
Humans
Love on a wire
Features
Piste lightning
Features
Sequence me!
Features
Under pressure
Features
Silent fright
Features
Season’s sniffles
Features
Go figure
Features
Light fantastic
Features
Raising the steaks
Features
Past master
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I’ll drink to that
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King of the canopy
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Remember this?
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More
Thou shalt knot
Books & Arts
World Atlas of Biodiversity by Brian Groombridge and Martin Jenkins
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Stuff of life
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The big issues
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Double helix
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Giants
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Keep it nearby
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Flourish your rhetoric
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Debunk a myth
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Keep an eye on that alligator
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