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Are political leanings all in the genes?
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This week's magazine
2 February 2008
Issue 2641
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Health
Bomb blasts affect soldiers’ mental health
Soldiers suffering concussion as a result of shock waves from explosions are more likely to suffer major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder
News
Physics
Gene pioneer signs his synthetic DNA creation
News
Physics
Physicists call for heads to roll over cash cuts
News
Earth
Corruption is devouring the world’s fish stocks
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Human sniffles kill endangered chimps
News
Earth
Have humans created a new geological epoch?
News
Health
Suicide warning over clinical trials
News
Life
Are male eggs and female sperm on the horizon?
News
Soundbites
News
Life
Monkeys tune in to your way of thinking
News
Health
Voices of autism ‘silenced’ by charity
News
Earth
Peering beneath glacier might explain speedier slide
News
Earth
Algae hold the key to the biofuel conundrum
News
Physics
How to spot a wormhole in space
News
Health
Bug slime’s surprising effect on disease
News
Life
Female reptile spreads labour over nine days
News
Life
Chameleons show their flashy side
News
Space
Comet surprises astronomers with its rocky makeup
News
Life
The circadian clock ticking in your skin
News
Physics
Spooky attraction of DNA from a distance
News
Earth
Tsunami threat hangs over southern Italy
News
Health
Plastic bottles pose health risk if boiled
News
Health
Smart pillbox joins the fight against TB
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Cellphones could sniff out ‘dirty’ bombs
News
Space
Forget the plane, take the intercity spaceship
News
Life
Word nerds capture fleeting online English
News
Technology
Merging photos could improve security screening
News
Technology
Wi-Fi ‘co-op’ could provide internet for all
News
Opinion
Life
Editorial: Getting ready for same-sex reproduction
Male eggs and female sperm could one day allow gay and lesbian couples to have biological children, but the issues need to be fully debated
Opinion
Editorial: UK physics cuts bite deep
Opinion
Life
Let us celebrate Darwin
Opinion
Health
Interview: The Indiana Jones of neurology
Opinion
Life
Perspectives: The changing face of terrorism
Opinion
Physics
Commentary: Time to nail inflation
Opinion
Features
Life
Are political leanings all in the genes?
Trying to persuade others to your way of thinking may be futile 鈥� political positions could be substantially determined by biology, says Jim Giles
Features
Earth
Super-efficient car to green up the highway
Features
Earth
How to grow a glacier
Features
Space
Meteorites: How big is safe?
Features
