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Editor's picks

How the species became

The pleasure seekers

Five key questions about pleasure

They all laughed…

Table of contents

News

North Korea’s WAR of Words

Rabies in the UK?

Meteor frenzy

Ozone hopes holed

Dam it

60 Seconds

SARS lives on

Scared to share

Does the universe go on forever?

Soundbites

Health

Catholic church claims condoms do not stop HIV

Genes may be key to poor health in Aborigines

Sonar kills whales

How laser light helps cells repair themselves

US court case challenges climate change warning

Gardening goes all hot and steamy

Battles spurred termite evolution

Free markets hit growth

Hidden tree rings rescue priceless violin from allegations of fakery

Glowing bacteria take on all comers

A perfect home for alien life

Mapping genes’ on-off switches

Too many twins

Reflections from Titan point to seas of liquid hydrocarbons

Can’t beat a good night’s sleep

Water came early to Earth

Tuatara’s relative lived in Argentina

Fast way to find out what’s in a tab of E

Technology

‘Subversive’ code could kill off software piracy

Technology

Citizens strike back in intelligence war

Technology

Cutting edge

Technology

Packing a long-range punch

Technology

Sunburn off the chart

Technology

Phone sees double

Technology

‘Stiff’ fluid could soon put the brakes on cars

Technology

Hemp can help car makers keep off the glass

Technology

Save a packet with internet telephony

Technology

Rebel network

Opinion

Beating software pirates at their own game

Poverty and corruption

Can gays become straight?

Adventures with rats

Humans

Westminster diary

Reintroducing Ratty

Features

How the species became

Did the phenomenon responsible for sand dunes and magnets also help create everything from earwigs to elephants? Just so, says Ian Stewart

The pleasure seekers

Five key questions about pleasure

They all laughed…

More

Beauty and the bench

Cutting ‘edge

Pick of the bunch

Booker contender

Back to the Nile

Franz, meet Albert鈥�

Mighty reads

School of hard knocks

A scientist’s scientist

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

The last word

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