Zeros to heroes: 11 unlikely ideas that changed the world
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This week's magazine
11 September 2010
Issue 2777
Editor's picks
Physics
Zeros to heroes: What’s the use of electricity?
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Physics
Zeros to heroes: Bayes’s probability puzzle
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Technology
Zeros to heroes: The invention that’s best hidden
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Earth
Zeros to heroes: How we almost missed the ozone hole
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Zeros to heroes: Putting the ‘i’ in iPods
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Life
Zeros to heroes: The tragic fate of a genetic pioneer
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Physics
Zeros to heroes: The man who learned to fly
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Life
Zeros to heroes: Tall tales or the truth of tiny life?
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Health
Zeros to heroes: Ulcer truth was hard to stomach
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Health
Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins
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Technology
Zeros to heroes: The long wait to speak in code
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Environment
Supercrops: Fixing the flaws in photosynthesis
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Earth
Receding gums: What ails Australia’s iconic trees?
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Space
Space junk: Hunting zombies in outer space
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Table of contents
News
Bird flu found in pigs
H5N1's jump to pigs brings the virus a step closer to a human pandemic
News
Health
Ghostwriting probe into HRT articles
News
Earth
Bees and climate change cleared in pollination mystery
News
Life
First Irish genome sequenced
News
Physics
Laws of physics may change across the universe
News
60 Seconds
News
Technology
Innovation: CERN collides with a patent reality
News
Earth
Pakistan’s flood weather eased Atlantic hurricanes
News
Humans
Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic
News
Humans
Thank the ur-worm for Shakespeare’s brain
News
Earth
Civil war in Africa has no link to climate change
News
Physics
Exotic matter could show up in the LHC this year
News
Space
Ancient Greeks spotted Halley’s comet
News
Humans
Money can buy you happiness 鈥� up to a point
News
Humans
Do Egyptian mummies have a right to privacy?
News
Earth
Cane toads aren’t quite the bad guys we thought
News
Life
Dinosaur with a mysterious fin found
News
Health
Iron overload may accelerate Alzheimer’s
News
Health
Locust brains could thwart superbug plagues
News
Environment
Why the ‘sixth extinction’ will be unpredictable
News
Environment
Magnetic monopole deficit hints that hunt is futile
News
Health
Losing weight may pollute the blood
News
Health
Magic mushrooms reduce anxiety over cancer
News
Technology
Edible crystals could store hydrogen fuel
News
Technology
Born-again solar cells are more efficient
News
Technology
Navigation app gives you freedom to explore
News
Technology
Escher-like internet map could speed online traffic
News
Life
CrackBerries and games addicts: Beware an internet hit
News
Technology
Laser-powered helicopter hovers for hours
News
Technology
US navy seeks ‘safer’ bomb
News
Technology
Immortal signals promise perfect web video
News
Opinion
Hawking’s faith in M-theory
Can M-theory explain the birth of our universe? Stephen Hawking thinks so, but without empirical evidence it's just a matter of faith
Opinion
Unlikely ideas prove how damaging science cuts will be
Opinion
Earth
Your role in wildlife crime
Opinion
Technology
Hendrix’s soundman: How I invented Jimi’s guitar sound
Opinion
Space
Nobel physicist: Building Hubble’s heir in deep space
Opinion
Features
Zeros to heroes: 11 unlikely ideas that changed the world
From imaginary numbers to gyroscopic monorails, we pick out some of the most improbable ideas to have hit the big time
Features
Physics
Zeros to heroes: What’s the use of electricity?
Features
Physics
Zeros to heroes: Bayes’s probability puzzle
Features
Technology
Zeros to heroes: The invention that’s best hidden
Features
Earth
Zeros to heroes: How we almost missed the ozone hole
Features
Zeros to heroes: Putting the ‘i’ in iPods
Features
Life
Zeros to heroes: The tragic fate of a genetic pioneer
Features
Physics
Zeros to heroes: The man who learned to fly
Features
Life
Zeros to heroes: Tall tales or the truth of tiny life?
Features
Health
Zeros to heroes: Ulcer truth was hard to stomach
Features
Health
Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins
Features
Technology
Zeros to heroes: The long wait to speak in code
Features
Environment
Supercrops: Fixing the flaws in photosynthesis
Features
Earth
Receding gums: What ails Australia’s iconic trees?
Features
Space
Space junk: Hunting zombies in outer space
Features
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