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Looking for LUCA 鈥� the mother of all life
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This week's magazine
3 September 2005
Issue 2515
Editor's picks
Earth
Clean energy special: The big clean-up
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: Gas-guzzling planet
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: Going underground
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: A greener goal for coal
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: Eastern promise
Features
Histories: Humphry Davy’s dark side
Features
Table of contents
News
Space
High on a hill was a lonely rover
Mars rover Spirit has finally crawled to the top of Husband Hill in the Red Planet's Gusev Crater 鈥� and the view is spectacular
News
Earth
US states bypass White House over emissions
News
Life
British men’s sperm is badly rated
News
Space
Cost cuts to dim space telescope’s vision
News
Nuclear technology salesman kept under wraps
News
Health
UK cot deaths rise after nine years
News
Earth
Risk of West Nile virus grows in Katrina’s wake
News
60 Seconds
News
Environment
Chimp genome: Lessons from our closest cousin
News
Health
Why fetuses do not feel pain
News
Health
If meditation is good, God makes it better
News
Environment
Every non-human primate’s guide to schmoozing
News
Soundbites
News
Earth
Habitat conservation could protect human lives
News
Earth
Chinese fungus fad poses eco-threat
News
Life
Where did all the baby boys go?
News
Earth
Tsunami waves ‘shot along’ mid-ocean ridges
News
Health
Safe herbs and minerals for mother and baby
News
Life
King loses mother but gains a daughter
News
Physics
Superconducting crystal toggled by magnetism
News
Health
Olive oil reveals its hidden virtue
News
Life
Soil just got a lot buggier
News
Earth
Quake records reveal Earth’s inner spin
News
Physics
Quantum computing switches wavelengths
News
Life
Ancient Brits had a way with mummies
News
Technology
Airborne robotic spycraft inspired by seagulls
News
Technology
Tech giants lock horns over DVD format
News
Technology
Drivers to get perfect view in the wet
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Cellphone TV gets good reception
News
Health
Canine coach keeps dieters on a leash
News
Technology
Illicit snappers caught infrared handed
News
Opinion
Humans
Chimps and us 鈥� it is the differences that count
The newly released chimp genome proves the ape's close genetic relationship to humans, but a more surprising link is unearthed in eastern Africa
Opinion
Earth
Painless emissions cuts 鈥� too good to be true?
Opinion
Technology
Sex, lies and cyberpower
Opinion
Physics
Interview: Hot link to a Nobel prize
Opinion
Life
Perspectives: Watch the birdie
Opinion
Features
Life
Looking for LUCA 鈥� the mother of all life
She is the ancestor of every living thing on the planet, yet we know so little about her. Time for a bit of extreme genealogy
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: The big clean-up
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: Gas-guzzling planet
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: Going underground
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: A greener goal for coal
Features
Earth
Clean energy special: Eastern promise
Features
Histories: Humphry Davy’s dark side
Features
