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Earth

The ice age that never was

Humans

Was sound the secret weapon of the Andean elites?

Earth

Can the Red Sea raise the Dead Sea?

Health

Is the common cold becoming a killer?

Environment

The world’s biggest whopper

Table of contents

News

Health

Does buying a gun make you more likely to kill yourself?

Suicides involving firearms are significantly higher 鈥� especially for women 鈥� in states where gun ownership is high, finds a US study

Health

Genetic data withdrawn amid privacy concerns

Physics

Human rights plea fails to shut down particle smasher

Earth

New Orleans passes easy hurricane test

Health

‘Knockout’ rats could aid study of psychiatric illness

Life

Aboriginals and academics bury bones of contention

60 Seconds

Obama answers scientists’ questions

Health

How war debris could cause cancer

Health

Drug ads may not increase prescriptions

Health

Did the Romans destroy Europe’s HIV resistance?

Earth

Greenland melt could see huge sea-level rises

‘Aim a bit forward of the fly’s starting position’

Life

Why a big horn gives beetles a tiny organ

Life

Europeans’ genes match their geography

Humans

Fresh neurons are key to memory and learning

Monogamy gene found in people

Life

Tree frogs pick out the loudest call in the chorus

Space

How big can a black hole grow?

Earth

Amazon hides an ancient urban landscape

Health

Sexual abuse may leave asthma legacy

Health

Nanotube ‘longboats’ slaughter cancer cells

Earth

Strongest tropical cyclones get more extreme

Health

Snap-happy dieters reap benefits

Life

Bronze Age mouse offers clues to royal shipwreck

Space

Interstellar ‘slowball’ could have carried seeds of life

Life

Chauvinists less unnerving than ambiguous men

Technology

Sensor-laden toy diverts kids from pain

Technology

Guiding internet traffic beats throttling it

Technology

Gizmo

Technology

Shadow analysis could spot terrorists by their walk

Health

3D models take the guesswork out of brain surgery

Technology

Off switch could protect your smart-card secrets

Opinion

Earth

Editorial: What next for New Orleans?

Hurricane Gustav narrowly missed New Orleans this week, but the plight of the city typifies that faced by coastal communities around the world

Health

Comment: Out-of-date drug laws are hurting people

Humans

Perspectives: Still a question of black vs white?

Commentary: Humanity is fragile, not the Earth

Features

Earth

The ice age that never was

Did a few million stone-axe-wielding farmers avert an ice age? The evidence supporting this controversial idea is growing stronger

Humans

Was sound the secret weapon of the Andean elites?

Earth

Can the Red Sea raise the Dead Sea?

Health

Is the common cold becoming a killer?

Environment

The world’s biggest whopper

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Gallery: Beauty flowers from human remains

Copper canisters containing the uncollected ashes of psychiatric patients have over the years developed into spectacular mineral formations

Regulars

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This Week鈥檚 Letters

The birds

Wound licking

Snakes alive

Turtle trauma

Dextrous dilemma

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