Flash and burn
Features
This week's magazine
21 February 2004
Issue 2435
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Creationism back in the classroom
Critics say it is creationism by stealth. Ohio's State Board of Education is attempting to include criticisms of evolutionary theory, which include ideas from advocates of intelligent design, in an official lesson plan for public schools
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Bush’s nuke plan
News
Flu blame game
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Wet lesotho has not a drop to drink
News
Patent battle
News
60 Seconds
News
Forest in peril
News
Beagle 2 inquiry
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Cloned cells today. Where tomorrow?
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US poised to save vulnerable oceans
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Nasal spray may protect against future flu strains
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Cell suicide is behind prenatal brain damage
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Black hole spotted gobbling up a star
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Our genome ‘reads’ junk as well as genes
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US told to round up ‘mad cows’
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Wrong diagnoses are killing patients
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Hair trigger for rat’s whiskers
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Riddle of the rodents points to Egyptian origin for ancient plague
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Eggs on the go
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Fallen grains inspired first farmers
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A head for balls can be a pain in the neck
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The explosive evidence that just won’t wash away
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Soil bugs keep plants in check
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Why there’s always room for a few extra chocs
News
Technology
Chips to ease Microsoft’s big security nightmare
News
Technology
Cutting edge
News
Technology
Click here to keep your info private
News
Technology
Collapsible space telescope
News
Technology
Well, it doesn’t look like you鈥�
News
Technology
Farewell, noxious TV ads
News
Technology
Can bio-booze fuel the hydrogen economy?
News
Technology
Car thieves get a spoke in the wheel
News
Technology
Hush hour on the highway
News
Opinion
Features
Flash and burn
It's the blank page in our history of the cosmos: just as things were settling down after the big bang, a blinding heat fried everything in sight. But where did it come from? Steve Nadis picks up the trail
Features
What makes us human
Features
The great inventors
Features
Last days of the locust
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