Physics
The elephant and the event horizon
Features
This week's magazine
28 October 2006
Issue 2575
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Life
Iceland kills its first endangered whale in decades
When the government of Iceland announced it would resume commercial whaling, the boats wasted no time, quickly landing a fin whale
News
Earth
Global warming may kill fewer species than expected
News
Earth
Ozone hole reaches record proportions
News
Health
IBM factories linked to boosted cancer risk
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Chernobyl haunts the Norwegian uplands
News
Health
Should people be tested for mad cow disease?
News
Stay on the pill, or switch to a coil?
News
Technology
Nuclear security special: Disaster waiting to happen
News
Decision time for America
News
Health
Alzheimer’s alert over anaesthetics
News
Life
Honeybees have their genome sequenced
News
Space
Alien-hunters tune in to ET-TV
News
This week 45 years ago
News
Life
Ancient human hunters smelt blood on the breeze
News
Life
Herds of bison to return to US
News
Health
Stem cell insulin offers hope to type 1 diabetics
News
Physics
Relativity faces toughest ever test
News
Life
Antelope know a good mate when they see one
News
Health
Tame your brain to keep your cool
News
Environment
Beaked whales dive deepest
News
Health
Ecstasy as a brain booster for Parkinson’s?
News
Health
Patient groups special: Swallowing the best advice?
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Wiki’s little sister hits the ‘shelves’
News
Life
I spy a Cuban dissident
News
Technology
Invisibility cloak is here at last
News
Technology
Driven to distraction by your own vehicle
News
Technology
It’s the next best thing to a Babel fish
News
Life
Smarter tags for the animal underworld
News
Opinion
Health
Editorial: Drug companies in bed with patient groups
When groups that represent patients get cosy with big pharma, transparency should be a strict condition 鈥� in reality, it is a difficult balance
Opinion
Editorial: Climate change warms up US elections
Opinion
Technology
Armchair warlords and robot hordes
Opinion
Health
Interview: Traditional medicine, novel partnership
Opinion
Features
Physics
The elephant and the event horizon
What happens when you throw an elephant into a black hole? The answer may shake the foundations of what we thought we knew about space and time, says Amanda Gefter
Features
Health
Profile of a sexsomniac
Features
Health
The rules of contagion
Features
Life
Searching for life in a handful of dust
Features
More
A glimpse of infinity
Books & Arts
Life
Review: From Counterculture to Cyberculture, by Fred Turner
Books & Arts
The word: Urban heat island
Regulars
Physics
Brave New Universe, by Paul Halpern and Paul Wesson
Books & Arts
Life
Wild and Fearless, by Natascha Scott-Stokes
Books & Arts
Australian biotech: Views from the inside
Careers
