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In the lap of the gods

What are the chances?

The jumble cruncher

Don’t go breaking my heart

Their F眉hrer’s voice

Table of contents

News

Building row over asbestos

Premie dilemma

Mega-scanner

Hurricane cycle yet to reach its peak

Nuclear d茅tente

Target Earth

Ivory plunder

60 Seconds

Malarial onslaught sparks call to arms

Clear the slime, banish the mozzies

Killer parasite follows people into the cities

Crying wolf over predator attacks

Bentgrass breaks record for spread of modified genes

Lack of vaccine raises fears of flu pandemic

Enough wind to power the world

They lost wings, not brain size

Soundbites

Fury at UK’s plans to ship hot waste out to Kyrgyzstan

Wandering Jupiter took trek towards the sun

Virtual brokers forecast real stocks

Monkeys hear no evil in bad music

Motion deafness

Asthma is in the blood

What caused the collapse of Easter Island civilisation?

Space

Why oceans on Mars have proved so elusive

How to keep the spring in your heart

Smaller giants

Saving Earth from sheep burps

Technology

Send in the rescue rats

Technology

This call centre knows it all

Technology

Cutting edge

Technology

Burgers or nuggets? Check out the car, Bob

Technology

Smooth rowing

Technology

Making movies unwatchable

Technology

Call 911, the phone will do the rest

Opinion

Healthy investment

There's a bargain on offer, but we have to grab it now

Technology

We have a problem

Cures before cash

Humans

Washington diary

Features

In the lap of the gods

Whether you flip a coin or roll the dice, the outcome is utterly unpredictable. Or so we like to think. We rely on randomness for cryptography, engineering, physics 鈥� and to explain the workings of some ecosystems. But is it quite what it seems? In

What are the chances?

The jumble cruncher

Don’t go breaking my heart

Their F眉hrer’s voice

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People watcher

Dreaming Reality: How dreaming keeps us sane, or can drive us mad by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell

MMR: Science and fiction by Richard Horton and, MMR and Autism by Michael Fitzpatrick

Before Darwin

On the death trail

Science essay competition 2004

Northern star

Regulars

Feedback

This Week鈥檚 Letters

The last word

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