Life
Second Genesis: Life, but not as we know it
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This week's magazine
14 March 2009
Issue 2699
Editor's picks
Life
Second Genesis: Making new life
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Life
Second Genesis: The search for shadow life
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Humans
Seven ways to fool your sense of touch
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Life
Tactile illusions 1: The Aristotle illusion
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Humans
Tactile illusions 2: Perceptual rivalry
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Humans
Tactile illusions 3: Boxing clever
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Life
Tactile illusions 4: I feel it in my fingers
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Humans
Tactile illusions 5: Change numbness
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Humans
Tactile illusions 6: Motion after-effects
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Humans
Tactile illusions 7: Parchment skin
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Physics
Gravity may venture where matter fears to tread
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Earth
From AC to DC: Going green with supergrids
Features
Table of contents
News
Stem cell research returns to cash bonanza
Restrictions on the funding of research using embryonic stem cells have been lifted just as the US National Institutes of Health awaits an unprecedented windfall of cash
News
Fish study holds hope for CJD drug
News
DNA test for eye colour could help fight crime
News
‘Magic’ pea hybrid could help feed the world
News
US court rules against legal immunity for Big Pharma
News
Lab investigated over cruelty to chimps
News
Climate scientists issue sea level warning
News
Mars probe reboot, Cholera on the wane, and more
News
Earth
‘Flawed’ Red List putting species at risk
News
Zoo chimp plans its attacks
News
Earth
Solar power schemes could protect nature reserves
News
“My initial thought … was: it’s a lunatic ninja coming through the window.”
News
Our sophisticated minds gave us religion
News
Protein switch controls blood clotting
News
Humans
High-speed brains are in the genes
News
Physics
Gravity ripples may reveal traces of supersymmetry
News
Horse-human relationship goes back further than thought
News
Virus paves the way for diabetes vaccine
News
Mind
Children of older dads pay IQ price
News
Space
Moon hides scars of a violent past
News
Space
How to find the Sun’s long-lost siblings
News
Earth
Children come with a high carbon cost
News
Fetal exposure removes alcohol’s bitter tang
News
‘Dead’ gene comes back to life
News
Technology
Shocking cancer treatment may also yield weapon
News
Technology
US patent bill a ‘chill on innovation’
News
Technology
Realistic avatars created in the blink of an eye
News
Technology
Pentagon readies its cyberwar defences
News
Earth
‘Nanoball’ batteries could recharge car in minutes
News
Physics
Time to shrink the atomic clock
News
Life
DNA cages guide nanoparticle self-assembly
News
Opinion
The toaster did it
A new kind of domestic warfare might become a reality as everyday gizmos get their own internet addresses
Opinion
US stem-cell debate is far from over
Opinion
We need the whole truth on endangered species
Opinion
Europe plays catch-up to Obama’s science drive
Opinion
Will democracy bring the demise of the hangman?
Opinion
Pakistan to battle fundamentalism with science
Opinion
Health
Mind over body?
Opinion
Features
Life
Second Genesis: Life, but not as we know it
One kind of life is all we know, but that's about to change, right here on our planet, says Bob Holmes
Features
Life
Second Genesis: Making new life
Features
Life
Second Genesis: The search for shadow life
Features
Humans
Seven ways to fool your sense of touch
Features
Life
Tactile illusions 1: The Aristotle illusion
Features
Humans
Tactile illusions 2: Perceptual rivalry
Features
Humans
Tactile illusions 3: Boxing clever
Features
Life
Tactile illusions 4: I feel it in my fingers
Features
Humans
Tactile illusions 5: Change numbness
Features
Humans
Tactile illusions 6: Motion after-effects
Features
Humans
Tactile illusions 7: Parchment skin
Features
Physics
Gravity may venture where matter fears to tread
Features
Earth
From AC to DC: Going green with supergrids
Features
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Earth
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