Scratching the surface of evolution
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Tracking down the noise polluters: A chanting football crowd seems deafening but the sound energy it generates is barely enough to fry an egg. Modern technology and tougher legislation have encouraged engineers to confront the problems of measuring sound
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One gene may not make a man: Earlier this year, geneticists claimed to have found a gene on the Y chromosome that conveys 'maleness' on a developing embryo. But is it really so simple?
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Earth
High and dry in the global greenhouse
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The sea snakes are coming:c Will global warming bring the world's most poisonous snakes to Britain's shores? Zoologists have just begun to understand how they survive in the open sea
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Trade deals a blow to the environment: International rules governing trade aim to stamp out protectionism, but they may destroy Third World attempts to protect the environment and achieve sustainable development
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Table of contents
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Tussling tendrils win picture award
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Saving the sea
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Think tank's new boss
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Bytes for dyslexia
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Call for cooperation
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Education reshuffle
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Greener towns
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Science: New kind of matter turns up in cosmic rays
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Science: X-rays illuminate the dark side of the Moon
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Science: Tailored 'antibodies' speed up chemical reactions
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Science: Opium deprivation could make you suicidal
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Science: Fungus defeats ravenous rhinoceros beetle
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Science: Hormone jab may herald male contraceptive
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Science: Oldest creepies crawled the land in Shropshire
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Technology
Technology: Europe misled over wave energy
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Technology
Technology: Putting a beam on the face of dental patients
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Guyana's gold diggers dredge up trouble
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Unwholesome Hamburg unearths a poisonous past
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Heavyweight cure for seasick passengers
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Britain's green bill becomes law
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Nuclear advice
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Maverick takes on critics of Tory science record
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AIDS vaccine tests 'more urgent' than HIV research
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Geologists race to catch volcano under the sea
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Bit-by-bit telescope assembled in Hawaii
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Safety watchdog fails duty over lead checks
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While Supreme Court debates a woman's right to be poisoned
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51¶¯Âþs clash with politicians over CO2 emissions
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Shrinking funds hold back climate research
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High-definition TV sacrificed in satellie merger
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Thatcher, it all depends on maths
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Patents blow the lid on cold fusion
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Opinion
Features
Scratching the surface of evolution
Features
Tracking down the noise polluters: A chanting football crowd seems deafening but the sound energy it generates is barely enough to fry an egg. Modern technology and tougher legislation have encouraged engineers to confront the problems of measuring sound
Features
One gene may not make a man: Earlier this year, geneticists claimed to have found a gene on the Y chromosome that conveys 'maleness' on a developing embryo. But is it really so simple?
Features
Earth
High and dry in the global greenhouse
Features
The sea snakes are coming:c Will global warming bring the world's most poisonous snakes to Britain's shores? Zoologists have just begun to understand how they survive in the open sea
Features
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Arts: Greazle, Globule and Gloop, Gremlins in the Works
Books & Arts
Forum: A trauma waiting to happen, Disaster workers need help and support too
Forum
Forum: The market of a chemist - The distinguishing feature of his profession
Forum
Forum: How to be demonstrably entertaining - The play's the thing when lecturing
Forum
Review: The ties that bind so many chemicals
Books & Arts
Review: The missing Arctic
Books & Arts
Review: Invention's lost history
Books & Arts
Video: DNA printing arrives on the box
Books & Arts
