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This week's magazine
31 October 2009
Issue 2732
Editor's picks
Swine flu: Eight myths that could endanger your life
Features
Swine flu myth: This is just mild flu. The death rates are even lower than for normal flu
Features
Swine flu myth: You’re safe as long as you’re healthy. Only sick, weak people get really ill
Features
Swine flu myth: The symptoms are like regular flu. You’ve got it if you’ve got a fever
Features
Swine flu myth: I’ll be OK if I just eat organic food, take vitamins, wear a mask, wash my hands a lot and drink plenty of fluids
Features
Swine flu myth: It’s OK now because we have a vaccine. In fact, we have several
Features
Swine flu myth: This virus won’t get deadlier – that isn’t in a germ’s interests
Features
Swine flu myth: Once this pandemic is over we’ll be safe for another few decades
Features
Life
Where do ghosts come from?
Features
Life
Real sea monsters: The hunt for predator X
Features
Health
Swine flu myth: The vaccine isn’t safe – it has been rushed through tests and the last time there was a swine flu scare the vaccine hurt people. Why take the risk to prevent mild flu?
Features
Table of contents
News
Health
US swine flu vaccine too late to beat autumn wave
By the time serious amounts of vaccine arrive in the US, it may be too late to stop most infections
News
Astronomer names 400 planets in one go
News
Earth
Plan to protect polar bears’ icy habitat
News
Earth
How laundry could slash US carbon emissions
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Pay us oil money, or the rainforest gets it
News
Health
Cervical cancer vaccine reminds girls of sexual risks
News
Space
Asteroid blast reveals holes in Earth’s defences
News
Humans
Brain scanners can tell what you’re thinking about
News
Where will NASA send its astronauts next?
News
Humans
Multiplying universes: How many is the multiverse?
News
Health
Genome firm finds gene for sneeze, but no diseases yet
News
Health
Lost limb leads to flexible new body image
News
Earth
US FDA says omega-3 oils from GM soya are safe to eat
News
Earth
Microbes’ globe-trotting has made them less diverse
News
Life
Magnetic ‘eyesight’ helps birds find their way
News
Physics
Signs of alien worlds from long ago and far, far away
News
Space
Voices of long-dead stars haunt the galaxy
News
Earth
‘Gatorade for frogs’ could stymie fungal killer
News
Life
Mothering matters, but grandmothering counts too
News
Health
Testicular tumours linked to offsprings’ disease
News
Space
Found: first ‘skylight’ on the moon
News
Life
Underwater town breaks antiquity record
News
Technology
Living wallpaper that devices can relate to
News
Technology
Pass, retweet or fail whale? Teacher tweets tell tales
News
Health
Sticky future for the spider suture
News
Earth
Stealthy wind turbines aim to disappear from radar screens
News
Technology
Clever ‘chopped’ cars promise cheap electric commuting
News
Space
Space junk piles up into threat to future launches
News
Health
Long-range Taser raises fears of shock and injury
News
Opinion
A golden age for GM crops?
A new type of soya will have critics of genetic modification tying themselves in knots
Opinion
Mind
A rational alternative to testing IQ
Opinion
Life
Sea monsters’ irresistible attraction
Opinion
Earth
We still have a chance to save polar bears
Opinion
Physics
Michael Green: On the shoulders of Newton and Hawking
Opinion
Health
Terry Pratchett: Fighting to keep the fantasy alive
Opinion
Features
Life
Real sea monsters: The hunt for predator X
Forget dinosaurs 鈥� their huge marine cousins were the most ferocious creatures the planet has ever seen
Features
Humans
Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart
Features
Swine flu: Eight myths that could endanger your life
Features
Swine flu myth: This is just mild flu. The death rates are even lower than for normal flu
Features
Swine flu myth: You’re safe as long as you’re healthy. Only sick, weak people get really ill
Features
Swine flu myth: The symptoms are like regular flu. You’ve got it if you’ve got a fever
Features
Swine flu myth: I’ll be OK if I just eat organic food, take vitamins, wear a mask, wash my hands a lot and drink plenty of fluids
Features
Swine flu myth: It’s OK now because we have a vaccine. In fact, we have several
Features
Health
Swine flu myth: The vaccine isn’t safe – it has been rushed through tests and the last time there was a swine flu scare the vaccine hurt people. Why take the risk to prevent mild flu?
Features
Swine flu myth: This virus won’t get deadlier – that isn’t in a germ’s interests
Features
Swine flu myth: Once this pandemic is over we’ll be safe for another few decades
Features
Life
Where do ghosts come from?
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