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Fat-free obesity

Battle of the bag

Silent alarm

The origin of Harriet

Table of contents

News

Iran off the hook

Extrasolar scuffle

On the brink of a caviar ban

Locust army gathers in Africa

60 Seconds

AIDS vaccine flop

Bespoke medicine

Animal dispute

Not quite the day after tomorrow

How to lose weight without even trying

Can fish factories make cheap drugs?

Finding out why big is warm but small is cool

A service to hide caller’s identity

Neutron stars steal space probe’s glory

One louse or two?

Genome copying could unlock bacterial mysteries

Time for Linnaeus to leave the stage

Hawaiian tsunami left a gift at foot of volcano

Early Americans spoiled their lake

Caring parents

Born to love pretty faces

Depressing news for diarists

Mother’s milk proves its worth

Early entry for two-legged race

Modern world has a heart of glass

Technology

The robot that needs to kill

Technology

Cutting edge

Technology

Atomic timing comes to a gadget near you

Technology

Hijacking the terrorists

Technology

Shock-absorbing veg

Technology

Ships shape up to fight killer waves

Technology

A really hot gadget

Technology

Hybrid cars driven by rising oil prices

Opinion

Give it to us straight

There is only one way to make sure that new technologies are safe

Think global, act global

New 杏吧原创’s selection on consciousness

Humans

Westminster diary

Features

Fat-free obesity

A bizarre condition that leaves people with no body fat whatsoever could paradoxically change the way we treat diseases of obesity. Bob Holmes finds out why

Battle of the bag

Silent alarm

The origin of Harriet

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Sorting out the families

Richard Fortey considers the cousins

Deceivers all

Friendly nutters

Miraculous year

Getting on

The book of crabs

Watch those wings

Bestsellers – Berkeley

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

The last word

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4 September 2004