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Life

Social networks: The great tipping point test

Physics

Master stroke: A formula for record-breaking rowing?

Space

Shields up! Force fields could protect Mars missions

Health

Alzheimer’s unlocked: New keys to a cure

Table of contents

News

Earth

Fishing skews sex ratios in fish

Population crashes in many species of reef fish may be linked to an excess of males brought about by fishing 鈥� and quotas won't help

Space

Senate to NASA: Build massive rocket now!

Earth

Geoengineering fix won’t suit everyone

Space

Deep space X-ray flash is most powerful ever recorded

60 Seconds

Earth

BP Top Hat cap tests are inconclusive

Health

Heart problem no problem for fliers

Health

Vaginal gel could slow spread of HIV

Earth

Gulf of Mexico becomes an accidental laboratory

Physics

Old faithful Tevatron collider leads race to Higgs

Physics

Every black hole may hold a hidden universe

Health

‘Sleep control’ cells allow blind mice to see

Environment

Skull tells tale of the lost primates of the Caribbean

Health

Serotonin cell discoveries mean rethink of depression

Space

Speeding star traced back to Milky Way’s heart

Life

Sneaky dogs take food quietly to avoid getting caught

Health

Enlist malaria-resistant mosquitoes to stop its spread

Space

Comet tail confirmed on alien planet

Health

Will a second attempt at IVF be worth the effort?

Life

Stingy aliens may call us on cheap rates only

Health

How a changing diet rules a growing baby’s guts

Earth

Super goby helps salvage ocean dead zone

Technology

Camera app puts you in the footsteps of history

Technology

Ways to snoop ‘private’ web sessions identified

Technology

Grow-your-own approach to wiring 3D chips

Technology

Perfecting synthetic sounds for animated worlds

Technology

For insects, press print

Earth

Biodiesel from algae may not be as green as it seems

Technology

Too soon to blame Toyota drivers for throttle problems

Opinion

Oil spill memory will fade fast

The Gulf oil disaster is a wake-up call, but we slept through the last one

Don’t fear the tweeter: your data trail is doing good

Earth

All power to the wind 鈥� it cuts your electricity bills

Earth

Genome Nobelist: The hard numbers of population growth

Physics

Quark discoverer Murray Gell-Mann: Decoherence, language and complexes

Features

Life

Social networks: The great tipping point test

Your online traces are helping fuel a revolution in the understanding of human behaviour 鈥� one that's revealing the mathematical laws of our lives

Physics

Master stroke: A formula for record-breaking rowing?

Space

Shields up! Force fields could protect Mars missions

Health

Alzheimer’s unlocked: New keys to a cure

More

Enigma Number 1605

Hire out your spare brainpower, says internet optimist

Mapping the mountain of human DNA

A good hard look at the future of our energy

The gambler’s fallacy and other tales from the casino

Regulars

Don’t bother to read the licence agreement

Why leaks from Iceland could be good news for once, card-carrying members of the bumblebee club, the end of the world, and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Shell shock

Feel the burn

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