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Know thy neighbour

Humans

The in-crowd

The best skin cream you ever wore

Table of contents

News

US unveils its red ambitions

Mad cow threat to husky fun

Plan B, C, D鈥�

Kenyan recount

60 Seconds

Modified nation?

Apes’ ray of hope

Bird flu deaths

Tracing emeralds’ origins could foil smugglers

The BESST way to judge the success of IVF clinics

A fishy tale of salmon, dioxins and food safety

Sunspot sunset

‘Safer’ cigarette myth goes up in smoke

Spirit gears up to head for the hills

Ancestral ‘cold’ genes may protect against Alzheimer’s

The music stops if you don’t hit the right spot

Soundbites

Why galaxy cluster is too grown-up for early Universe

Scars show comet has ‘solid’ centre

Stark warning for Venice in the watery fate of ancient cities

Dusty veil hides gargantuan Sun

Left over right and under鈥�

Riddle solved?

The sweaty scent that mozzies can’t resist

Dying star churns out the building blocks of life

Cold virus fights skin cancer cells

Honey I’ve unravelled the bee genome

Technology

Instant start-up for PCs

Technology

Cutting edge

Technology

Help! my owner just crashed鈥�

Technology

Red, red pills

Technology

Snap to fit your cellphone

Technology

Let the machines take the strain in the lab

Technology

Opting for pop-ups

Technology

Higher learning, the Wi-Fi way

Technology

Natural glass

Opinion

Pink and poisonous?

A global scare over salmon is just what the blue revolution needs

Don’t mention the gun

Restoration tragedy

Humans

Westminster diary

Features

Know thy neighbour

Whether you are an actor seeking Hollywood contacts, or an email whizzing across the internet, short cuts are hard to find. But the theory that brought you six degrees of separation is at last helping to locate those mystery links, says Mark Buchanan

Humans

The in-crowd

The best skin cream you ever wore

More

The whole Earth show

Looking at everything, all at once, in earth sciences is a brave undertaking, says Douglas Palmer

Wanting inspiration

Altered vistas

Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson

Bestsellers – London

Myth power

The next big thing

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

The last word

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