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Sounds in space
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This week's magazine
11 August 2007
Issue 2616
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Earth
Monsoon floods devastate South Asia
Even parts of the mountain kingdom of Nepal are underwater, and Nepalese politicians are blaming dam construction in India
News
Health
Virus-specific drug approved for HIV
News
Earth
Energy-curbing bill passes Congress
News
Health
Abstinence programmes don’t stop HIV
News
Space
Phoenix on its way to Mars
News
Health
Toddlers prefer branded foods
News
Life
Yangtze river dolphin is ‘probably extinct’
News
60 Seconds
News
Health
Who’s the daddy? US sperm banks must be better regulated
News
Earth
Foot and mouth vaccines: a double-edged sword
News
Physics
Predicting change, not a moment too soon
News
Health
Plastics chemical is harmful, says expert panel
News
Humans
Fossilised jaw muddies the picture of human ancestry
News
Soundbites
News
Earth
Invasive vine is a prodigious polluter
News
Earth
Global warming and cooling linked to the sunspot cycle
News
This week 50 years ago
News
Health
Safety fears over laughing gas
News
Life
Echolocation took whales to the depths
News
Earth
‘Sunshade’ for global warming could cause drought
News
Space
Newton’s mirror experiment gets updated
News
Space
Mystery of Saturn’s G ring solved
News
Earth
Frequent hurricanes decimate sea turtle beaches
News
Life
Organ removal gives female mice a masculine thrust
News
Life
Computer model explains toddlers’ chatting
News
Health
Bad posture could raise your blood pressure
News
Technology
Robots to revive dying dance routines
News
Technology
Security upgrade for ‘anonymity network’
News
Technology
When to call and when to email
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Life
Can a government remotely detect a terrorist’s thoughts?
News
Technology
Virtual bat sonar could help visually impaired
News
Space
Drill into asteroids to stop them hitting Earth
News
Opinion
Technology
It’s time to fit all bridges with sensors
Modern remote sensing technologies could help prevent a repeat of the Minneapolis bridge collapse
Opinion
Health
Rules for new drug development need a serious overhaul
Opinion
Health
Interview: confronting drugs in sport
Opinion
Life
Determining free will
Opinion
Features
Space
Sounds in space
If we care to listen, we'd discover the planets and moons of the solar system are shouting their secrets for all to hear
Features
Earth
Artificial soil: quick and dirty
Features
Life
Evolution’s greatest mistakes
Features
Earth
America’s most ancient mariners
Features
Earth
Medieval hunters exterminated Britain’s lynx
Features
