Issue 1967 | Magazine cover date: 4 March 1995

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4 March 1995

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End of the Green Crusade

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Crystals bid for diamond's crown

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All our origins

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Molecules to make plants tick

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Crystals bid for diamond's crown

DIAMOND is still the hardest substance known to science. But a group of American researchers say that they have produced a composite material that contains crystals of carbon nitride, a substance that scientists believe stands a good chance of being even harder. The search for superhard materials started in earnest in the late 1980s, when …

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Busy bees have a gift for numbers

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The metal-plated mountains of Venus

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Cosmic collisions could solve gamma-ray mystery

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Technology

Magnesium smelter puts toxic waste to work

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Technology

'Electron highway' points to identity of DNA

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Technology

Battle for Britain's phone numbers

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Technology

Quantum tunnel leads to microscopic fridge

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Technology

Bright future for glowing gene

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Technology

Netropolitan – English Language

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Technology

Netropolitan – Net Designers

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Netropolitan – Replies

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Technology

Mini tubes help chips let off steam

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Technology

It's good to talk like a human

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Rain moves north in the global greenhouse

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Molecular knots trip the light fantastic

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Genetic engineering in the womb

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'Dry' orgasms could spawn a male pill

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Feeling is believing in medicine

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Liver in a box could bridge transplant gap

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Fungus hits bugs in the gut

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Language deaths 'bad for us all'

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Pests leave lasting impression on plants

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Arctic ice shows speed of climate 'flips'

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People outdo the elements as shapers of the landscape

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Why the search for smart genes is doomed

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Lessons for mothers who want a quiet life

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Could an earthquake strike New York?

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Big One threatens the Big Apple

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Israelis at odds over old bones

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Warm hearts in a cold land

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City must give R&D a chance

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Asbestos shock in Kobe cleanup

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Trust promises research dividend

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'Pruned' patent sets precedent

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Old photos chart destruction of Australia's reef

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Skimmed milk may be healthier for babies too

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Filling station fires spark cars' recall

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Lonesome pines at risk from collectors

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Enigma: No 812 Upon my word!

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Opinion

All our origins

BACK in the 1980s, the police were called to a cemetery in Washington DC. They arrived to find a group of men hard at work digging up a grave. One stood by taking notes, while another took photographs. When questioned, they said that they were Inuit anthropologists from the Arctic. "Your anthropologists often come to …

Opinion

Queensberry's final KO?

Opinion

Features

End of the Green Crusade

ON 5 January 1993, Britain awoke to news that an oil tanker was drifting without power off Shetland. The Braer finally caught on the rocks of Garth's Ness, and the country became swamped by breathless predictions from environmental campaigners that here was disaster in the making. In fact, the immense power of the stormy sea …

Features

Hunting the Horse Killer

Features

Molecules to make plants tick

Features

Japan Heads for Quantum Country

Features

Model weed at work

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH's recent television series The Private Life of Plants beautifully illustrates plants as widely diverse creatures, performing complex functions few of us notice. But as Arabidopsis: An Atlas of Morphology and Development (Springer-Verlag, pp 450, £58.50/$79) makes clear, there are very few private events left to reveal in the life of this once insignificant …

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B is for boron and buckyballs

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A Frenchman in his prime

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Hands across the Straits

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Provisional tales from the fact factory

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A good guide in a crisis

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A dig or two at the past

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Notes from the edge of the Universe

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What turns a bug into a beauty

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There was an old woman who swallowed a fly …

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Stirrings in the primordial soup

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Time to play the numbers game

Forum

Who will teach the teachers their primary lessons?

Forum

Let's leave the cadet astronauts at home

Forum

Counting the cost of inadequate maths

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Taking the heart out of the land

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

THE Department of Trade and Industry is energetically promoting its SMART Award scheme, which gives British firms up to £150 000 each to help them develop innovative ideas. The leaflet the department is sending out about the scheme uses the example of Jim Montgomerie, who has almost finished developing a two-seat autogyro pilot trainer with …

Regulars

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This week's magazine

4 March 1995

On the cover

End of the Green Crusade

Hunting the Horse Killer

Molecules to make plants tick

Japan Heads for Quantum Country

Table of contents

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Crystals bid for diamond's crown

Busy bees have a gift for numbers

The metal-plated mountains of Venus

Cosmic collisions could solve gamma-ray mystery

Technology

Magnesium smelter puts toxic waste to work

Technology

'Electron highway' points to identity of DNA

Technology

Battle for Britain's phone numbers

Technology

Quantum tunnel leads to microscopic fridge

Technology

Bright future for glowing gene

Technology

Netropolitan – English Language

Technology

Netropolitan – Net Designers

Technology

Netropolitan – Replies

Technology

Mini tubes help chips let off steam

Technology

It's good to talk like a human

Rain moves north in the global greenhouse

Molecular knots trip the light fantastic

Genetic engineering in the womb

'Dry' orgasms could spawn a male pill

Feeling is believing in medicine

Liver in a box could bridge transplant gap

Fungus hits bugs in the gut

Language deaths 'bad for us all'

Pests leave lasting impression on plants

Arctic ice shows speed of climate 'flips'

People outdo the elements as shapers of the landscape

Why the search for smart genes is doomed

Lessons for mothers who want a quiet life

Could an earthquake strike New York?

Big One threatens the Big Apple

Israelis at odds over old bones

Warm hearts in a cold land

City must give R&D a chance

Asbestos shock in Kobe cleanup

Trust promises research dividend

'Pruned' patent sets precedent

Old photos chart destruction of Australia's reef

Skimmed milk may be healthier for babies too

Filling station fires spark cars' recall

Lonesome pines at risk from collectors

Enigma: No 812 Upon my word!

Opinion

All our origins

Queensberry's final KO?

Features

End of the Green Crusade

Hunting the Horse Killer

Molecules to make plants tick

Japan Heads for Quantum Country

More

Model weed at work

B is for boron and buckyballs

A Frenchman in his prime

Hands across the Straits

Provisional tales from the fact factory

A good guide in a crisis

A dig or two at the past

Notes from the edge of the Universe

What turns a bug into a beauty

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly …

Stirrings in the primordial soup

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