End of 2004 quiz
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This week's magazine
25 December 2004
Issue 2479
Editor's picks
‘Tis the season
Features
Life
How to maximise your Christmas presents
Features
Space
Taking a ride in the ‘vomit comet’
Features
From festive feathers to future fabrics
Features
Life
New juggling tricks created by maths
Features
Space
How to catch a falling star
Features
Space
Tripping people up for science
Features
Life
Partying all over the world
Features
Life
The meteoric rise of female astronomers
Features
Life
Breaking Elgar’s enigmatic code
Features
Earth
Festive decorations drive the plundering of moss
Features
Life
Sprinting ostriches offer dinosaur insights
Features
Health
Staying ahead in the fight against lice
Features
Life
The psychology of the perfect Christmas dinner
Features
Life
Histories: Johann Beringer and the fraudulent fossils
Features
Table of contents
News
Life
Relationship of US gun culture to violence ill-understood
Gun violence kills tens of thousands of US citizens annually, but the basics of this social disease have never been rigorously examined
News
Life
Primordial rocks may hold the signature of life
News
Physics
Surprise finding reveals short-lived neutrons
News
Space
Mystery of Mars rover’s ‘carwash’ rolls on
News
Health
Vaccine for heart disease on the horizon
News
Health
Faulty body clock can drive people to drink
News
Health
‘Conclusive’ study of cellphones fuels controversy
News
Health
Magnetic pain-relief bracelets may work only in the mind
News
Technology
Invention
News
Technology
Flexible scanner works on curved surfaces
News
Technology
The search for viable white-light LEDs
News
Space
Review 2004: Running rings around Saturn
News
Life
Review 2004: Global swarming
News
Space
Review 2004: Pioneering private space flight
News
Life
Review 2004: Rise of the little people
News
Space
Review 2004: The future of space exploration
News
Life
Review 2004: Bird flu threatens the world
News
Health
Review 2004: The war against smoking raged on
News
Health
Review 2004: Binge drinking
News
Space
Review 2004: The transit of Venus
News
Earth
Review 2004: Global meltdown as poles disintegrate
News
Earth
Review 2004: The year of the storm
News
Earth
Review 2004: Disappearing species
News
Opinion
Features
End of 2004 quiz
Every year our quiz checks if you've been paying attention 鈥� all the correct answers appeared in the magazine in 2004
Features
‘Tis the season
Features
Life
How to maximise your Christmas presents
Features
Space
Taking a ride in the ‘vomit comet’
Features
From festive feathers to future fabrics
Features
Life
New juggling tricks created by maths
Features
Space
How to catch a falling star
Features
Space
Tripping people up for science
Features
Life
Partying all over the world
Features
Life
The meteoric rise of female astronomers
Features
Life
Breaking Elgar’s enigmatic code
Features
Earth
Festive decorations drive the plundering of moss
Features
Life
Sprinting ostriches offer dinosaur insights
Features
Health
Staying ahead in the fight against lice
Features
Life
The psychology of the perfect Christmas dinner
Features
Life
Histories: Johann Beringer and the fraudulent fossils
Features
More
Life
A Natural History of Ferns by Robbin C. Moran
All you need to know about ferns, says Peter Edwards
Books & Arts
Biographies: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Patrick Blackett
Books & Arts
Life
Roundup: The ancient art of cooking
Books & Arts
Technology
The Science of Saving Venice by Caroline Fletcher and Jane Da Mosto
Books & Arts
Josiah Wedgwood: Entrepreneur to the Enlightenment by Brian Dolan
Books & Arts
