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Features
This week's magazine
6 December 2008
Issue 2685
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Faroe islanders told to stop eating ‘toxic’ whales
The islands' chief medical officers say that pilot whales are no longer fit for consumption, partly due to elevated levels of mercury
News
Antarctic islands surpass Galapagos for biodiversity
News
Earth
Storm greets UN climate change conference
News
Earth
New Orleans ‘should move to higher ground’
News
Health
Children go unvaccinated as insurers refuse to pay
News
Earth
Canadian tar plan threatens millions of birds
News
Health
Treatment for jet lag could take off
News
Gorilla welfare
News
Earth
Rich countries carry out ’21st century land grab’
News
Zimbabwe health system faces meltdown
News
Physics
Large Hadron Collider gears up for July restart
News
Soundbites
News
Technology
Obama to usher in new era on arms controls
News
Bacteria turned assassin after leaving the oceans
News
Life
Universe’s dark matter mix is ‘just right’ for life
News
Health
First ‘placebo gene’ discovered
News
Earth
Arctic tundra releases annual methane ‘burp’
News
Earth
Hot landslides may have set off mystery wildfires
News
Neanderthals couldn’t stand the heat
News
Life
Deadly fungus gets sexy in heat
News
Health
Bug genes are the key to human digestion
News
Earth
Frogspawn learns the smell of death
News
Health
Hormone-free contraceptive pill on the horizon
News
Perfect athlete’s 100m sprint time calculated
News
Technology
Butterfly wings used to print self-cleaning windows
News
Technology
Funding boost for Mars rover mission
News
Earth
Crystals turn roads into power stations
News
Technology
Energy from fish waste
News
Space
Hunting new Earths and the edge of the universe
News
Technology
Rescue robots are put through their paces
News
Health
Tiny ‘paddleboat’ could ship drugs around the body
News
Physics
First superconducting transistor promises PC revolution
News
Opinion
Editorial: Uncertainty must be met by climate action
Even though the crystal ball of modellers is cracked, now is the time for radical thinking
Opinion
Editorial: International land grab sparks food war fears
Opinion
Editorial: Throw away your deodorants
Opinion
Earth
Yes you can change the climate, Mr Obama
Opinion
Earth
Are climate scientists overselling their models?
Opinion
Space
The glass universe: Where astronomy meets art
Opinion
Why it’s not as simple as God vs the multiverse
Opinion
Features
More
Review: The Superorganism by Bert Holldobler and E O Wilson
A society of ants can be far more intelligent than any given member, so can it be considered a living organism in its own right?
Books & Arts
Review: The Cosmic Connection by Jeff Kanipe
Books & Arts
Review: Buy-ology by Martin Lindstrom
Books & Arts
Review: Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel Everett
Books & Arts
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