Earth
Biorefineries: Curing our addiction to oil
Features
This week's magazine
7 July 2007
Issue 2611
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
The world’s largest snake hunt
Seven million snakes are being killed each year to provide food for crocodile farms 鈥� no other reptile is exploited to such an extent
News
Earth
Car batteries plague Australian landfill sites
News
Earth
Could Russia claim the North Pole?
News
Life
Embryo screening can reduce chances of birth
News
Health
Deadly flu flies in again to Europe
News
Space
Mars rover to descend into mysterious crater
News
Health
Biolab shut down after accidents
News
60 Seconds
News
Life
Countdown to a synthetic lifeform
News
Physics
Dark matter may emit ultra-high energy cosmic rays
News
Life
When fish get emotional
News
Health
How to teach an old drug new tricks
News
Soundbites
News
This week 50 years ago
News
Health
Prions prevent the progress of Alzheimer’s
News
Earth
Biofuels could spell ecosystem disaster
News
Earth
Organic tomatoes have more antioxidants
News
Physics
The universe forgets what happened before the big bang
News
Zooplankton move to the moon’s tune
News
Earth
Bird song goes out of fashion too
News
Life
Rats influenced by the kindness of strangers
News
Life
DNA shows domestic cat originated in Near East
News
Dark energy found in our galactic backyard
News
Life
Breast cancer drug backfires in rare cases
News
Humans
Sex pheromones make mice brains grow
News
Life
Gut parasites came from the deep
News
Technology
Armed autonomous robots cause concern
News
Life
Jellyfish mucus perfect for cosmetics
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Cursor control at the tip of your tongue
News
Technology
Location-based phone features could aid snoops
News
Technology
Acrobatic robot set to fly with the flock
News
Technology
Slimebusting virus could clean medical kit
News
Opinion
Editorial: UK science should benefit under Brown
The UK now has a science minister with a science degree 鈥� but challenges on recruitment and balancing blue skies research with wealth creation remain
Opinion
Space
Comment: How not to save the planet
Opinion
Life
Interview: A life brewing beer
Opinion
Essay: Why women lose out in the lab
Opinion
Features
Earth
Biorefineries: Curing our addiction to oil
From transport to plastics, oil is a fundamental building block of our modern world 鈥� but it doesn't have to be that way
Features
Technology
The programmable robot of ancient Greece
Features
Life
Why we are all creatures of habit
Features
Health
Persistent vegetative state: A medical minefield
Features
More
Life
Review: Global Outlaws by Carolyn Nordstrom
Illegal trade rakes in trillions of dollars every year, but precious little is known about this shadow economy. Economist Friedrich Schneider welcomes a bold attempt to get under its skin
Books & Arts
Second sight
Books & Arts
Physics
The word: Zitterbewebung
Regulars
Treasure chest
Books & Arts
It’s another world
Books & Arts
