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Editorial Why send a space probe to investigate relativity if earthbound researchers have already got the answers? p.3 | | |||||||||||||||
Upfront Are unseen asteroids lurking near Earth? switches doomed Genesis spacecraft; we can read your passport and medical records; Gulf War syndrome controversy continues; was Craig Venter right? black box warning for antidepressants p.4 | | |||||||||||||||
This Week 1918 flu experiments under fire p.6 | At last, a malaria vaccine that works p.7 | World's amphibians dying out p.8 | Tough new vaccines can take the heat p.9 | Origin of mass explained? p.10 | Egg repair boosts pregnancy rate p.12 | Is it OK for babies to have two mums? p.12 | Shoot a rhino to save a rhino p.14 | The wax seal for a digital document p.16 | NASA's gravity probe upstaged again p.16 | | ||||||
In Brief How to boost sperm health; megavirus breaks all rules; physics and the brain; four-winged birds; jumping genes could kick start development; sound of the didgeridoo; drift nets threaten rare dolphins; sex while sleepwalking p.18 | | |||||||||||||||
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| The handbag that never forgets p.23 | LCD with glossy magazine resolution p.24 | On-the-spot forensic results p.25 | Cutting edge: the monster amplifier p.24 | | ||||||||||||
Technology Trends: COMPUTER GAME VIOLENCE A clutch of murders have been blamed on ever-more-realistic computer games. Experts are far from convinced p.26 | | |||||||||||||||
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THE PERFECT VORTEX They turn up everywhere, but no one understands how they form. Is it possible to tame the vortex? p.30 | ||||||||||||||||
FETAL FLAWS Some of the most baffling human diseases begin to make sense when we rethink what we mean by "genetic" p.35 | | |||||||||||||||
BAD MEDICINE The next time you see a doctor will the treatment you get be for your benefit, or theirs? p.38 | | |||||||||||||||
LIFE ON TITAN Saturn's moon is dark, cold and forbidding, but someone might call it home p.42 | | |||||||||||||||
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Comment and Analysis Is it right for a DNA sample taken from a member of your family to be used against you? p.20 | | |||||||||||||||
Letters Tackling bird flu | Use the bag again | Turn the TV off | The problem of consciousness | Waste of good fish | Shooting down missiles | Hungry rescue rats | Addled add-ons | Plugging dreams | Roughly sunrise | Clear about Coriolis | Harriet and Venus | The oyster solution | Nuclear waste disposal | Hash crash | Stock market predictions | |
Interview He has turned a passion for birdwatching into a small industry that has saved the Israeli air force $660 million. So who is Yossi Leshem? p.48 | | |||||||||||||||
Politics Westminster diary: Tam Dalyell on the panic over bird flu, and giving people a say in hazardous waste rules p.51 | | |||||||||||||||
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HISTORIES Scientific hoaxes don't come much stranger than that of Martine de Beausoleil, hydrologist, geologist and mistress of deception p.52 | | |||||||||||||||
BOOKS Transgenic terrors; weaving memories; panda power; hacking the hacks; Fermi's fabulous life. Plus: who's reading what p.54 | | |||||||||||||||
Feedback No more socks | Optimum buttock temperature | Industry pirates | Revealing blinking bouts | Dishwasher basket qualifications | Pop-up blocker pop-ups | | ||||||||||
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