Physics
Did the big bang really happen?
Features
This week's magazine
2 July 2005
Issue 2506
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Whaling ban stays in place
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission closed with no real change to the status quo, though Japan plans to increase its "scientific" catches
News
Health
Ballooning US waistlines swell healthcare costs
News
Earth
Rising seas could destroy nuclear dump
News
Earth
Shark fin soup dropped from Disney’s menu
News
Earth
New UK nuclear plants could prove costly
News
Physics
France to build world’s largest fusion reactor
News
Sugar subsidies to melt away
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Africa focus: Foundations for a prosperous future
News
Health
Genetically altered cells made immune to HIV
News
Physics
Zap goes a chunk of our cosmic past
News
Health
How to turn your skin into bone
News
Life
No shut-eye for baby whales
News
Physics
Black holes cannot escape the phantom menace
News
Health
Vitamin C left out in the cold
News
Life
Chickadee has many calls for alarm
News
Life
Sweat makes men’s magazines more appealing
News
Life
Tree tricked into nursing young wasps
News
Earth
Earth trembles as big winds move in
News
Life
Bizarre stand-off in battle of the sexes
News
Earth
Searing times ahead as the air gets cleaner
News
Health
Lasting legacy of low birthweight
News
Technology
Hollywood wins file-sharing case
News
Technology
You know where you are with Wi-Fi
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
New search engine trawls through podcasts
News
Technology
Entering a dark age of innovation
News
Technology
Wearable camera restores lost memories
News
Technology
Surf’s up, down at the swimming pool
News
Opinion
Editorial: Cancelling Africa’s debt will only go so far
The G8 summit should provide many Africans with a crucial cash boost 鈥� but the chance to trade their way out of poverty is the key to Africa's future
Opinion
Space
Editorial: Big bang doubts fuel cosmology boom
Opinion
Space
Cosmos 1: A noble effort
Opinion
Life
Interview: Are the kids alright after all?
Opinion
Features
Physics
Did the big bang really happen?
Is it time to admit that the idea of a big bang just does not stack up? Marcus Chown meets the doubters thinking the unthinkable
Features
Health
Why the pharaohs never smiled
Features
Earth
Primeval life reflected in present-day pools
Features
Technology
Small wonders, sculpted by laser
Features
More
Life
Second sight: A whole new world
Imagine opening your eyes underwater and finding your vision is even better than on land 鈥� the Moken children of the Surin Islands have this ability
Books & Arts
Life
Review: A cure for the war epidemic
Books & Arts
Physics
The word: White holes
Regulars
Hot, hot, hot
Books & Arts
Face your public
Books & Arts
Ain’t simplifyin’
Books & Arts
A nice little earner
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