Earth
Ten extinct beasts that could walk the Earth again
Features
This week's magazine
10 January 2009
Issue 2690
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
Space
Obama team to raise questions over Ares rocket
Why is NASA developing a new generation of space rockets when the US already has two that could do the same job?
News
Yellowstone rumbles spark fear of steam explosions
News
Health
Insulin grown in plants gets human tests
News
China’s dinosaur ‘graveyard’ yields triceratops’ cousin
News
Health
Climbers show record low blood oxygen levels
News
Earth
Whalers attempt to block refuelling of activists’ ship
News
Health
Europe ‘exporting’ measles to poor countries
News
Pink iguanas, autism bank, heavy galaxy, confusing light and flu fatalities
News
Technology
Should nuclear fuels be taken out of national hands?
News
Earth
Medicinal plants on verge of extinction
News
Life
Mum’s behaviour may make young rats more butch
News
Earth
Butterflies use penis to gauge sex competition
News
A good night out began at home in ancient Greece
News
Health
Artery highlighter could reveal heart attack risk
News
Space
Danger ahead as the Sun goes quiet
News
Earth
Ground-based bacteria may be making it rain
News
Love cancels out the whiff of rival suitors
News
Health
Thyroid hormone might repair MS damage
News
Health
Secret to a beating heart revealed
News
Physics
White dwarfs may hide a dark secret
News
Technology
Gizmo
News
Technology
Scanner paints a virtual crime scene
News
Technology
NASA to scrap space power experiments
News
Technology
Guide robot steers with a tender touch
News
Health
Cool your brain, save your mind
News
Health
Liquid crystals could slash cost of X-rays
News
Health
How bacterial warfare may lead to safer salami
News
Opinion
Editorial: How to fix the Earth
Resurrection of extinct species or artificial trees to clean the atmosphere may not be so mad after all...
Opinion
Editorial: One nuclear law for all
Opinion
Editorial: Parkinson’s Law is alive and well
Opinion
Earth
Move over, polar bear
Opinion
Humans
On the trail of early humans
Opinion
Earth
Obama is making the right choices for science
Opinion
Features
Earth
Ten extinct beasts that could walk the Earth again
There's no hope for the dinosaurs, but other long-dead creatures really could be brought back to life. New 杏吧原创 looks at the most likely candidates
Features
Earth
Immoral advances: Is science out of control?
Features
Earth
Can technology clear the air?
Features
Physics
Explaining the curse of work
Features
Technology
The rise and fall of the metal airship
Features
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Health
Review: Freaks of Nature by Mark S. Blumberg
The interplay between evolution and development is largely mysterious, but so-called freaks are shedding some light
Books & Arts
Review: The hidden life of Paul Dirac by Graham Farmelo
Books & Arts
Strange tales about Paul Dirac
Books & Arts
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