Physics
The strange gravitational effect of eclipses
Features
This week's magazine
27 November 2004
Issue 2475
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Eco-city designed to save the lynx
WWF plans to restore the habitat of the last 150 Iberian lynx by building 6000 eco-friendly apartments and charging buyers a conservation levy
News
Earth
Kyoto’s big day is announced
News
Health
Tobacco companies’ political donations ‘buy’ votes
News
Health
Idle PCs could tackle global problems
News
Life
Quest for human cloning ban is abandoned
News
Physics
Swift space telescope finally put into orbit
News
Health
Porn panic over eroto-toxins
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Crisis looms in Darwin’s paradise
News
Earth
Church air worse than by busy roads
News
Health
Antibiotic鈥檚 star role as HIV wonder drug
News
Health
Back pain linked to shrinking brain
News
Earth
Warmer lakes will face deep trouble
News
Soundbites
News
Physics
Amateur puts maths riddle to the test
News
Earth
City congestion charge clears the air
News
Health
Laser zaps the home of bad breath bugs
News
Life
Forensic clock calls time on crimes
News
Health
Gel may help cure cervical cancer
News
Health
‘Suicide tree’ toxin is ‘perfect’ murder weapon
News
Life
Endurance running is in east Africans’ genes
News
Physics
The smallest measurable length announced
News
Health
Stress linked to painful periods
News
Earth
Water holds tallest sand dunes together
News
Life
Original great ape was no swinger
News
Technology
Digital technique reveals fake art
News
Health
Nano-drug may starve tumours
News
Physics
Spotting the next bestseller
News
Technology
Cellphones turn into smart personal assistants
News
Technology
US space bomber gets hypersonic boost
News
Technology
Cartoon characters have minds of their own
News
Technology
Sprawling systems teeter on IT chaos
News
Technology
Bass bonanza
News
Technology
Tongue twister
News
Technology
Slick operator
News
Technology
Microsoft plumbs China for IT talent
News
Opinion
Technology
Behind the Great Firewall of China
With the "blogging" revolution well underway in China, its state censors seem stuck between a rock and a hard place
Opinion
Life
The meeting of religious and scientific minds
Opinion
Life
Interview: The passionate life
Opinion
Earth
Washington Diary
Opinion
Features
Physics
The strange gravitational effect of eclipses
Watch your grandfather clock during the next eclipse, it might be trying to tell you something odd, says Govert Schilling
Features
Mount St Helens grows its own glacier
Features
Physics
Unlocking the secret power of RNA
Features
Technology
Chinese whispers
Features
Life
White knuckles in the first rubber raft
Features
More
Catch up on astronomy
Astronomy book roundup, including: Einstein, particle astrophysics, volcanic worlds and modern cosmology
Books & Arts
Armand Marie Leroi, reader in evolutionary developmental biology, Imperial College London
Books & Arts
Rainer Glaser, professor of chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia
Books & Arts
Earth
Pompeii to ground zero
Books & Arts
Life
Look after mother
Books & Arts
Earth
Fighting fit
Books & Arts
Life
See gulls differently
Books & Arts
