Physics
Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?
Features
This week's magazine
21 February 2009
Issue 2696
Editor's picks
Table of contents
News
China drought forces huge water cutbacks
In the grip of its worst drought in 50 years, China plans to slash the water used by industry and farming by nearly two-thirds
News
Mixed-race Americans face wage discrimination
News
Health
Big Pharma shows its caring side
News
Earth
Ban on mountaintop mining overturned
News
Health
MMR vaccine not linked to autism, says US court
News
Earth
Ancient felling may explain carbon-sink forests
News
Earth
‘Alien’ genes escape into wild corn
News
Mercury U-turn, Texas fireball, and more
News
Health
Gene therapy promises one-shot treatment for HIV
News
Earth
Conservation plan would keep islanders in exile
News
Soundbites from the AAAS
News
Space
Quark star may hold secret to early universe
News
Earth
Lizards will roast in a warming world
News
Health
New kind of epilepsy shakes up memory
News
Space
Natural antifreeze may keep Mars running with water
News
Physics
Milky Way still reeling from ancient smash
News
Health
Rare syndrome points to sociability gene
News
‘Phobia pill’ breaks cycle of fear
News
Environment
Ancient sharks saw the deep sea in colour
News
Health
Mole rats may hold secret to long life
News
Arctic ‘laughing gas’ belch is no joke
News
Superhard material knocks off diamond’s crown
News
Backpack-toting birds reveal pace of migration
News
Space
Satellite crash ‘worse than missile blast’
News
Earth
Prepare for a climate-changed world, say engineers
News
Humans
Texting can b gd 4 ur kids
News
Technology
When computing becomes child’s play
News
Technology
Flexible electronic books to hit market soon
News
Technology
Most powerful ever quantum chip undergoing tests
News
Technology
Shortest route through the internet is via hyperspace
News
Opinion
Health
New hopes over elimination of AIDS
After the depressing failure of vaccination research, there is renewed optimism that we've got HIV on the run
Opinion
Space
We need to stop littering in space
Opinion
Health
Sleep for your sanity
Opinion
Health
We need a satisfactory metaphor for DNA
Opinion
Heritage is not what it used to be
Opinion
Life
Celebrate evolution as only star children can
Opinion
Health
Exposing the links between doctors and Big Pharma
Opinion
Features
Physics
Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?
Weird regions of our solar system where gravity is cancelled out could harbour a dangerous secret, says Stuart Clark
Features
Health
Are bad sleeping habits driving us mad?
Features
Health
Are we about to eliminate AIDS?
Features
Life
Superhuman: The secrets of the ice man
Features
Technology
Why the Survival Car died an early death
Features
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Books & Arts
Humans
Review: The Decisive Moment: How the brain makes up its mind by Jonah Lehrer
Books & Arts
Space
Review: Einstein’s Telescope by Evalyn Gates
Books & Arts
Review: What I Require from Life: Writings on science and life from J. B. S. Haldane
Books & Arts
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