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Natural born cannibals

Extreme surfing

Doctors’ dilemma

Catch ’em on the rye

Table of contents

News

US privacy ruling

No time to act

Settlers in their midst

China steps up text control

Cometh a plague

Super-fit bird flu

Bad blood

60 Seconds

Vaccine scandal revives cancer fear

Does SV40 contamination matter?

Maybe our ovaries do make eggs throughout life

To truly see an animal, look it in the eye

Peat bogs harbour carbon time bomb

How plants evolved big broad leaves

First images of Saturn’s rings bring surprises

A table-top test for dark energy?

Soundbites

Blame lifestyle for myopia, not genes

Neutrino blast heralds birth of a supernova

Ancestor identity crisis

With grandparents came civilisation

Lamprey evolved alternative immune system

Passive smoking’s true dangers

No night respite

Selenium helps protect baby

All eyes on the orange banana

Plankton fail to go with flow

Bursting balloons break sound barrier

Deceitful primates have biggest brains

Technology

How to build a nanomachine

Technology

Terahertz shines a light on terrorists

Technology

Cutting edge

Technology

Pushy people do quake tests

Technology

Shape memory passwords

Technology

Hi-fi failure helps to brighten beer

Technology

A message from beyond the grave high-tech style

Technology

Sea change for drinking water

Technology

Radio sans fronti猫res

Opinion

Nothing to fear from the facts

Mission accomplished

Nuclear double standards

Health

Where doctors dare

Humans

Westminster diary

Features

Natural born cannibals

Startling new evidence suggests our not-too-distant ancestors routinely killed and ate one another

Extreme surfing

Doctors’ dilemma

Catch ’em on the rye

More

If the facts fit鈥�

Robert Matthews likes a good explanation

Silent running

The odd bunch

Machines Who Think by Pamela McCorduck

Carbon conundrum

Mission improbable

Dark arts

So far so good

Forward thinking

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

The last word

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