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Features
This week's magazine
1 April 2006
Issue 2545
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Health
Pro-life groups put brakes on improved contraceptive pill
Anti-abortionists are hampering the development of a safer contraceptive pill because at high doses it terminates pregnancy
News
Life
Clergy voice their support for evolutionary theory
News
Health
Blood substitute company in trouble over trial data
News
Space
Fire destroys cheap launch rocket
News
Space
NASA’s Dawn asteroid mission rises again
News
Technology
Britannica hits back at survey by science journal
News
Life
China tops league of loggers
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Prescribing of hyperactivity drugs is out of control
News
Life
Champion horse sires no fewer than five clones
News
Soundbites
News
Space
Body blow for fans of galaxy’s supermagnets
News
Life
Red rain puzzle is still up in the air
News
Space
Dust guard will keep Red Planet’s colours true
News
Life
Bacteria use slime jets to get around
News
Life
Extinct lizard flew on delta wing like a fighter jet
News
Health
Groggy mornings fuel desire to smoke
News
Health
Single RNA jab adjusts blood cholesterol
News
Earth
Climate blamed for mass extinctions
News
This week 23 years ago
News
Health
Testes could be an ethically sound source of stem cells
News
Life
Amazon rainforest is greenest during dry season
News
Earth
Quakes show glaciers are melting fast
News
Health
This transgenic little piggy boosts your brain
News
Health
Stress hormone can conquer your fears
News
Health
Horse antibodies could combat a bird flu outbreak
News
Life
Size isn’t everything when it comes to intelligence
News
Space
Moonlets hint at Saturn’s violent past
News
Health
Simulator could predict where epidemics will strike next
News
Technology
Patents go under the hammer
News
Technology
Leaking hydraulic fluid could damage aircraft rudders
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Beat cybercrime, switch to a virtual wallet
News
Life
Device warns you if you’re boring or irritating
News
Opinion
Health
Hidden dangers of failure to diagnose ADHD correctly
The way we deal with hyperactivity disorder leaves a lot to be desired, with some children being given drugs they don't really need
Opinion
Earth
Evangelicals and environmentalists united
Opinion
Earth
Drinking at the west’s toxic well
Opinion
Features
More
Earth
The weather: A blow by blow account
Marq de Villiers adopts an intensely personal interpretation of the central role of wind in climate systems
Books & Arts
Life
Chaos like you’ve never seen it before
Books & Arts
Life
What the Muslims gave the world
Books & Arts
Sugar-coat that pill
Books & Arts
Look on my works…
Books & Arts
The comos within
Books & Arts
Life
The word: The Fezzan
Regulars
UK cancer research renews itself
Careers
