Physics
Black holes, but not as we know them
Features
This week's magazine
22 January 2005
Issue 2483
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Wrecked ship could trigger massive explosion
The munitions ship, Richard Montgomery, sunk 60 years ago, is sitting in the UK's Thames estuary with 1400 tonnes of unstable bombs
News
Earth
Tetanus strikes survivors of Asian tsunami
News
Earth
Permission given to hunt endangered wolves
News
Space
Difficult times for heavy-lift rockets
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Indians in Peru regain potato rights
News
Earth
Biotech companies enjoy global growth in GM crops
News
Earth
Excess tsunami warning systems risk confusion
News
Space
One hour on Titan, forever bathed in glory
News
Life
Did early Europeans break the big taboo?
News
Health
Active brain cells observed in real time
News
Physics
Are there two types of gravity?
News
Soundbites
News
Health
Epilepsy drugs may extend life
News
Health
African herb yields its anti-addiction secret
News
Humans
Gladiators fought for thrills, not kills
News
Humans
Shoddy ships sank invasion of Japan
News
Humans
Pompeii’s bars not so seedy after all
News
Humans
Hanging gardens were a living carpet
News
Health
Spider silk could be used for surgical stitching
News
Life
Ultra-Orthodox Jews more likely to jaywalk
News
Life
People adjust their generosity to fit in
News
Health
Gene with common link to Parkinson’s discovered
News
Health
Why a lucky few escape bug bites
News
Earth
Earth dries up as temperatures rise
News
Health
Mystery compound in beer fights cancer
News
Space
Asteroids reveal secrets of evolving solar system
News
Technology
One charging pad could power up all gadgets
News
Technology
New cellphone controlled by movement
News
Technology
Does Apple have designs on the TV market?
News
Technology
Virtual bushfire experience could save lives
News
Health
Stuffed buckyballs could mean clearer MRI scans
News
Technology
Invention
News
Space
Lunar colony to run on moon dust and robots
News
Technology
Wireless boom is hackers’ heaven
News
Opinion
Editorial: Thames time bomb is still ticking
The UK government remains inactive over the 60-year-old wreck of the Richard Montgomery, with its massive payload of unstable bombs
Opinion
Space
Editorial: ESA triumph as probe reveals Titan’s secrets
Opinion
The best defence
Opinion
Health
Interview: The virus hunter
Opinion
Humans
Westminster diary
Opinion
Features
Physics
Black holes, but not as we know them
They may be the most fearsome objects in the universe, swallowing everything in their path, but J R Minkel says black holes are misunderstood
Features
Earth
Returning war-torn farmland to productivity
Features
Physics
Harnessing bubbles to trigger nuclear fusion
Features
Life
The curious lifestyle of the burrowing owl
Features
Histories: The birth of weather forecasting
Features
More
Innovation and Its Discontents by Adam B Jaffe and Josh Lerner
Books & Arts
Life
The Lichen Hunters by Oliver Gilbert
Books & Arts
Earth
A land of Ghosts by David Campbell
Books & Arts
Life
There’s Something About Mary, edited by Peter Ludlow
Books & Arts
Out now in paperback
Books & Arts
Health
Lesser Harms: The morality of risk in medical research by Sydney A Halpern
Books & Arts
Life
Jungle smartAmong Orangutans: Red apes and the rise of human culture by Carel van Schaik
Books & Arts
