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This week's magazine



Table of contents

News

Space

Space station’s lack of back-up computers is questioned

After an emergency caused by the crashing of six of the ISS's computers, NASA is considering a future alternative system

News

Earth

China contemplates restarting tiger trade

News

Physics

Teams argue over particle scoop

News

MIT accused of race bias

News

Health

Low-tech tactics winning fight against Guinea worm

News

Health

FDA refuses to approve weight-loss treatment

News

Health

Pilots “poisoned” by dirty cabin air

News

60 Seconds

News

Health

US vaccines on trial over link to autism

News

Health

Genes won’t work round the clock

News

Health

Create a back-up copy of your immune system

News

Health

Farmers in denial about the real cause of bovine TB

News

Life

Males meddle with their twin sisters’ love lives

News

Life

Songbird reveals the secrets of its longevity

News

This week 50 years ago

News

Physics

Astronomers look to quark stars for a fifth dimension

News

Space

Pluto holds its own in the war of the moons

News

Health

Could gene therapy help alcoholics stay on the wagon?

News

Health

Allergy alert over slippery chemical

News

Life

Sense of touch is crucial for empathy

News

Earth

Rising sea levels could divide and conquer Antarctic ice

News

Life

Killifish can survive without oxygen for 60 days

News

Life

When did placental and marsupial mammals split?

News

Health

Vaccine developed for high blood pressure

News

Earth

Exclusive global warming poll: The buck stops here

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Technology

It’s robot eat robot at the AI zoo

News

Space

Liquid mirror could be used for Moon-based telescope

News

Technology

Web traffic moves faster in the internet’s ‘mantle’

News

Technology

Point-to-point Wi-Fi brings internet to all

News

Technology

American Wi-Fi gets off to a bad start

News

Health

Nanospheres leave cancer no place to hide

News