Blueprint for a better world
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This week's magazine
12 September 2009
Issue 2725
Editor's picks
Better world: Beware of common sense
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Mind
Better world: Legalise drugs
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Better world: Big thinkers, big ideas
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Better world: Give police your DNA
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Better world: Redefine the bottom line
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Earth
Better world: Find out if we can cool the planet
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Earth
Better world: Tax carbon and give the money to the people
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Better world: Learn to love genetic engineering
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Environment
Better world: End the pillaging of the high seas
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Better world: Take Friday off鈥� forever
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Earth
Better world: Generate a feed-in frenzy
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Space
Space robot 2.0: Smarter than the average rover
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Health
Icy stares and dirty minds: Hitch-hiking emotions
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Table of contents
News
Health
Olympians should be screened for silent heart problems
Studies carried out for the International Olympic Committee suggest athletes be screened for potentially lethal heart conditions
News
Rain of meteorites makes the moon hum
News
Insurance cover comes under fire
News
Health
Durians and booze: worse than a stinking hangover
News
Health
Pfizer to pay huge fine for improper drug promotion
News
Earth
Climate change depresses beer drinkers
News
Moon’s heat hastened Indian probe’s demise
News
Honey beats MRSA, land of rising cuts, and more
News
Health
New look at Alzheimer’s could revolutionise treatment
News
Earth
Antarctica’s hidden plumbing revealed
News
Physics
Black holes are the ultimate particle smashers
News
World will ‘cool for the next decade’
News
Life
Velociraptor’s ‘killing’ claws were for climbing
News
Don’t be fooled: Swine flu still poses a deadly threat
News
Health
Snort stem cells to get them to brain
News
Not tonight honey, I haven’t taken my statins
News
Earth
Methane mining could trigger killer gas cloud
News
‘Extinct’ British resident repatriated after 100 years
News
Earth
Potato blight has the genome of death
News
Fatty foods foil fat-fighting cells
News
Physics
Saturn’s moon Titan has a foggy bottom
News
Warmer climate could make succulent meat a memory
News
Hot on the trail of the mysterious monopole
News
Carrots better than sticks when it comes to cooperation
News
Eyes see trouble coming before brain notices
News
Technology
Get to grips with an extreme fastener
News
Technology
Plot and graphics not paramount in videogame success
News
Technology
Rat robot to get human brain transplant
News
Technology
Cargo spaceship meets the catcher in the sky
News
Health
Smart implants may alleviate neurological conditions
News
Technology
How to short-circuit the US power grid
News
Physics
Airborne laser ready for flight tests
News
Opinion
Reasons to be optimistic for the future
The world may appear to be going to hell in a handcart, but appearances can be deceptive
Opinion
Earth
Museums are key to saving biodiversity
Opinion
The real Turing test: learning to say sorry
Opinion
Finding a diabetes cure
Opinion
Physics
MythBusters: ‘Using your head is a lot of fun’
Opinion
Features
Blueprint for a better world
Humanity is facing some serious challenges but there is plenty we can do. New 杏吧原创 takes a look at some radical ideas for transforming the world for the better
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Better world: Beware of common sense
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Mind
Better world: Legalise drugs
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Better world: Big thinkers, big ideas
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Better world: Give police your DNA
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Better world: Redefine the bottom line
Features
Earth
Better world: Find out if we can cool the planet
Features
Earth
Better world: Tax carbon and give the money to the people
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Better world: Learn to love genetic engineering
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Environment
Better world: End the pillaging of the high seas
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Better world: Take Friday off鈥� forever
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Earth
Better world: Generate a feed-in frenzy
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Space
Space robot 2.0: Smarter than the average rover
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Health
Icy stares and dirty minds: Hitch-hiking emotions
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