Issue 1996 | Magazine cover date: 23 September 1995

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23 September 1995

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Features

What's in a voice

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Opinion

What have they got to hide?

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What's in a voice

Features

Send in the robots

Features

Into the vortex

Features

Can he jump 19 metres?

Features

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ENIGMA: No. 841

Five to four ALBION, Borough, City, Rangers and United have once again been playing their tournament in which each team was scheduled to play each of the other teams once, two matches being scheduled on each of five successive Saturdays, each of the five teams having one Saturday without a match. Three points were awarded …

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Technology

Essential computers from the wizards of Oz

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Technology

Antibody probes for warning signs of gum disease

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Technology

Programmers takes spam off the menu

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Underground allies keep crafty pines alive

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Technology

Bright sparks clean up diesel engines

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Technology

Ancient tapestries benefit from bubble baths

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Technology

Hi-tech farming to save the environment?

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Technology

Netropolitan – Party Conferences

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Technology

Netropolitan – Britains MPs

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Technology

Netropolitan – Project Vote Smart

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Technology

Netropolitan – Comments

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Technology

Recording ideal pacifies music industry

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Carrot vitamin restores failing sight

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Don't give up on the mysterious monopoles

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Could a gut reaction keep HIV at bay?

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Storm in a bath of baby oil

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Just add a pinch of nickel or a spoonful of vanadium

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Diabetes pegged to problem peptide

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Model mutations predict treatment to fit the tumour

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Superfit athletes may run out of puff

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Is Auntie leading inventors astray?

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Turtles find an unlikely ally

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For want of a weld …

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Just the jab

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Land of the giants

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Smoggy, smoggy day in LA

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Inadmissible evidence

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Sun seeker

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Unexploded mines

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Porn arrests

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Did Antarctic explorers starve to death?

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Net benefits are only for the rich

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Hair holds clues to Ötzi's job

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Sounding out a safer siren

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Implant works wonders for deaf babies

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El Greco had style not astigmatism

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Secret signals hidden in chaos

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Leukaemia linked to radioactive rivers

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Stop – traffic drill can kill children

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Suicides 'may be trapped by shadowy past'

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Sugary gel leaves no scar

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Killing crops with cleanliness

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TB battle needs higher profile

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Dirty doctors spread disease

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This is the age of the microwave

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Secretive French flout Europe's rules on bomb tests

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US fights ban on laser warfare

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Opinion

What have they got to hide?

DO the French nuclear tests in the Pacific cause environmental damage or don't they? A few weeks ago a group of scientists meeting in Australia couldn't find a lot to go on. Now, the European Commission has entered the fray. Invoking a hitherto unused legal power, the Commission has asked France to obey the Furatom …

Opinion

How to miss an open goal

Opinion

Features

What's in a voice

WHETHER you love or hate a singer's voice is ultimately a matter of taste. But few would dispute that Luciano Pavarotti sounds a whole lot better on a high note than Joe Smith in the shower. What gives singers who become famous the edge? It's a difficult question to answer, but new research is revealing …

Features

Send in the robots

Features

Into the vortex

Features

Can he jump 19 metres?

Features

Letters – correction

Correction: an incorrect Internet address appeared in Netropolitan on 9 September. Technosphere should be: http://lcp20.lond-inst.ac.uk/technosphere/index.html .

Regulars

Now we'll teach the little blighters a lesson

Forum

Green shoots and soil sinks

Forum

Too few fish in the sea …

Forum

Oceans inspire trans Tasman collaboration

Forum

Far out

Books & Arts

Electrifying TV

Books & Arts

Points of view

Books & Arts

Bestsellers from Sydney

Books & Arts

Mommie dearest

Books & Arts

Warts and all

Books & Arts

Collected works

Books & Arts

Beastly behaviour: The Beauty and the Beast

Books & Arts

Stormy weather

Books & Arts

Coasting alone

Books & Arts

Charles had a wonderful idea: Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Books & Arts

Evil genes

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

HOW do you fancy spending your next holiday on Mururoa Atoll? As part of the campaign to convince the world that the nuclear tests there won't do any harm, French foreign ministry official Yves Doutriaux has suggested the atoll could be turned into a resort when the tests are over. The Sydney Morning Herald responded …

Regulars

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This week's magazine

23 September 1995

On the cover

What's in a voice

Send in the robots

Into the vortex

Can he jump 19 metres?

Table of contents

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ENIGMA: No. 841

Technology

Essential computers from the wizards of Oz

Technology

Antibody probes for warning signs of gum disease

Technology

Programmers takes spam off the menu

Underground allies keep crafty pines alive

Technology

Bright sparks clean up diesel engines

Technology

Ancient tapestries benefit from bubble baths

Technology

Hi-tech farming to save the environment?

Technology

Netropolitan – Party Conferences

Technology

Netropolitan – Britains MPs

Technology

Netropolitan – Project Vote Smart

Technology

Netropolitan – Comments

Technology

Recording ideal pacifies music industry

Carrot vitamin restores failing sight

Don't give up on the mysterious monopoles

Could a gut reaction keep HIV at bay?

Storm in a bath of baby oil

Just add a pinch of nickel or a spoonful of vanadium

Diabetes pegged to problem peptide

Model mutations predict treatment to fit the tumour

Superfit athletes may run out of puff

Is Auntie leading inventors astray?

Turtles find an unlikely ally

For want of a weld …

Just the jab

Land of the giants

Smoggy, smoggy day in LA

Inadmissible evidence

Sun seeker

Unexploded mines

Porn arrests

Did Antarctic explorers starve to death?

Net benefits are only for the rich

Hair holds clues to Ötzi's job

Sounding out a safer siren

Implant works wonders for deaf babies

El Greco had style not astigmatism

Secret signals hidden in chaos

Leukaemia linked to radioactive rivers

Stop – traffic drill can kill children

Suicides 'may be trapped by shadowy past'

Sugary gel leaves no scar

Killing crops with cleanliness

TB battle needs higher profile

Dirty doctors spread disease

This is the age of the microwave

Secretive French flout Europe's rules on bomb tests

US fights ban on laser warfare

Opinion

What have they got to hide?

How to miss an open goal

Features

What's in a voice

Send in the robots

Into the vortex

Can he jump 19 metres?

More

Letters – correction

Now we'll teach the little blighters a lesson

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