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This week's magazine
9 April 2005
Issue 2494
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
FBI suspends bullet-matching technique
The process aims to match bullets from a crime scene to unused bullets in a suspect's possession 鈥� but with questionable accuracy
News
Earth
Pipeline diverted around whale feeding ground
News
Technology
Finger chopped off to beat car security
News
Earth
UK’s nuclear waste to be buried
News
Health
UK may consider legalising assisted suicide
News
Technology
Fire risk on ageing aircraft
News
Earth
Weedkiller may cause amphibian loss
News
60 Seconds
News
Technology
Fuel cell squeezes more from petrol
News
Life
Early toolmakers cast off rock-banger image
News
Health
Pandemic bug may make a comeback
News
Health
Is a horrific new killer emerging?
News
Health
Hope for portable MRI scanners
News
Technology
Sony patent takes first step towards real-life Matrix
News
Soundbites
News
Life
Look out for giant triangles in space
News
Humans
Will DNA profiling fuel prejudice?
News
Health
Brass pots polish off food-poisoning bugs
News
Earth
Aussie birds do not like it hot
News
Life
Strong competition leads naturally to class structure
News
Earth
Dandruff may contribute to world climate
News
Health
Human guinea pigs speed up drug development
News
Space
Cosmic ‘smoke ring’ floats into view
News
Health
Malaria-fighting gene may speed cancer growth
News
Life
Winning is great but losing is safer
News
Technology
Bionic suit offers wearers super-strength
News
Technology
Blow to massive musical-ringtone industry
News
Technology
Internet Domain Name System working fine
News
Technology
World’s most sensitive scales unveiled
News
Space
Shape-shifting tetrabots tumble into action
News
Technology
Invention
News
Technology
Recharging a battery in three minutes flat
News
Technology
Non-acoustic sensors detect speech without sound
News
Technology
Will machines ever understand us?
News
Opinion
Editorial: Your DNA in their hands
The UK police retain DNA from criminals and innocent people who have a brush with the law 鈥� the implications for civil liberties need serious debate
Opinion
The power to choose a baby’s sex
Opinion
Health
Interview: Eat for your lives!
Opinion
Humans
Westminster diary
Opinion
Features
More
Life
Four books on human origins and evolution
Douglas Palmer takes a look at the story so far
Books & Arts
Bestselling science books in Berkeley, California
Books & Arts
Physics
The Math Instinct by Keith Devlin
Books & Arts
Physics
The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle by Douglas Gough
Books & Arts
Space
On the Shores of the Unknown by Joseph Silk
Books & Arts
