Issue 2072 | Magazine cover date: 8 March 1997

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8 March 1997

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Features

It takes two

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Opinion

Editorial : A growing irony - IT IS always a tragedy when a gift from nature is squandered, whether it is a river dead from pollution or a forest laid to waste for timber. Let's hope that the biotechnology industry is not about to throw away the enormous

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It takes two

Features

The secret is in the fridge

Features

How right can you be?

Features

Glass pharmacy - Preserved in minute beads of sugar, drugs could last for years and be easier to take, too. Ben Crystall investigates

Features

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Technology

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IN SPACE, no one can hear you scream—and they probably wouldn't be able to hear you shout "Fire!" either. It's lucky then that we have the Net to keep us up to date with the drama being played out over our heads on the Mir space station and shuttle missions. Late last month a fire …

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Technology

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Technology

Technology : Contacts that help your eyes breathe more easily

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Technology : Many bands make light work

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Technology

Technology : Rewriting rules on CD-ROMs

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Science : Odd timing keeps cicadas in their prime

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Science : Buckyball `transistor' raises nanocomputing hopes

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Science : The mystery of the missing penis

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Technology

Technology : Vaccine promises to stop the slaughter

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Technology

Technology : If you want to buy or sell, get an agent

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Technology

Technology : Plants acquire taste for `blood'

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Science : Gut reaction is your best guide

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Science : Laser sheds light on how coral grows

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Science : Desert dunes sing silica's song

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Science : A dream drug for weight watchers?

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Morning after

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Stay of execution

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The ecology of violence

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Filthy air pushes Delhi to crisis point

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Return to sender

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Rabbits' reprieve

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Facelift for labs

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Business boffins

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AIDS deaths fall

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SOHO reveals the Sun's hidden halo

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India looks farther east for its ancestors

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Cold War waste fouls the Clyde

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Data miners only strike fool's gold

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Drugs firms fight biowar curbs

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Furry subversives undermine Britain's railways

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`Fly swatter' hunts satellite snoops

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Stressed plants cry for help

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Gene research meets the environment

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Will cloned cows rise from the dead?

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Supermoths spell trouble for natural pesticide

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Recycling madness revives obsolete plants

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Opinion

Editorial : A growing irony - IT IS always a tragedy when a gift from nature is squandered, whether it is a river dead from pollution or a forest laid to waste for timber. Let's hope that the biotechnology industry is not about to throw away the enormous

IT IS always a tragedy when a gift from nature is squandered, whether it is a river dead from pollution or a forest laid to waste for timber. Let's hope that the biotechnology industry is not about to throw away the enormous potential of a simple bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, in its haste to get to …

Opinion

Features

It takes two

Stronger, stiffer and lighter than ordinary alloys, metals reinforced with microscopic wires of another metal could be the supermaterials of the future, reports Michael Judge

Features

The secret is in the fridge

Features

How right can you be?

Features

Glass pharmacy - Preserved in minute beads of sugar, drugs could last for years and be easier to take, too. Ben Crystall investigates

Features

Forum : All the fun of the fest

London WHY are so few young people in Britain choosing a career in science? It's a sobering thought for the many scientists, engineers and technologists who are hard at work preparing for the nation's fourth National Week of Science, Engineering and Technology (SET97), which begins on Friday, 14 March. Last year, the BSE crisis rather …

Forum

Thistle diary : Noisy skies and noxious streams - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

Forum

Antipodes : Australian quarantine braces for a shake up - Ian Lowe investigates the choices facing Cabinet

Forum

Bestsellers : from Washington

Books & Arts

Forum : Holding out for some local heroes

Forum

Review : New facts of life

Books & Arts

Review : Mushroom galore

Books & Arts

Review : Disaster watch

Books & Arts

Review : Duplication and duplicity

Books & Arts

Review : From thrower to thinker

Books & Arts

Review : Collected works

Books & Arts

Review : With hindsight

Books & Arts

Review : After Charles

Books & Arts

Review : Magic to molecules

Books & Arts

Review : The meme is the message

Books & Arts

Review : Machined history

Books & Arts

Review : My brain hurts

Books & Arts

Review : Cometary seeds

Books & Arts

Review : A new kid on the Net

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

TITAN —one of Saturn's moons—has much in common with the Earth. As well as a thick atmosphere its most abundant gas is nitrogen. But the surface temperature is –178 °C and the likelihood of life existing there is rather smaller than the chance of Feedback scooping the lottery jackpot. Nevertheless when the European Space Agency's …

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This week's magazine

8 March 1997

On the cover

It takes two

The secret is in the fridge

How right can you be?

Glass pharmacy - Preserved in minute beads of sugar, drugs could last for years and be easier to take, too. Ben Crystall investigates

Table of contents

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Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Technology : Contacts that help your eyes breathe more easily

Technology

Technology : Many bands make light work

Technology

Technology : Rewriting rules on CD-ROMs

Science : Odd timing keeps cicadas in their prime

Science : Buckyball `transistor' raises nanocomputing hopes

Science : The mystery of the missing penis

Technology

Technology : Vaccine promises to stop the slaughter

Technology

Technology : If you want to buy or sell, get an agent

Technology

Technology : Plants acquire taste for `blood'

Science : Gut reaction is your best guide

Science : Laser sheds light on how coral grows

Science : Desert dunes sing silica's song

Science : A dream drug for weight watchers?

Morning after

Stay of execution

The ecology of violence

Filthy air pushes Delhi to crisis point

Return to sender

Rabbits' reprieve

Facelift for labs

Business boffins

AIDS deaths fall

SOHO reveals the Sun's hidden halo

India looks farther east for its ancestors

Cold War waste fouls the Clyde

Data miners only strike fool's gold

Drugs firms fight biowar curbs

Furry subversives undermine Britain's railways

`Fly swatter' hunts satellite snoops

Stressed plants cry for help

Gene research meets the environment

Will cloned cows rise from the dead?

Supermoths spell trouble for natural pesticide

Recycling madness revives obsolete plants

Opinion

Editorial : A growing irony - IT IS always a tragedy when a gift from nature is squandered, whether it is a river dead from pollution or a forest laid to waste for timber. Let's hope that the biotechnology industry is not about to throw away the enormous

Features

It takes two

The secret is in the fridge

How right can you be?

Glass pharmacy - Preserved in minute beads of sugar, drugs could last for years and be easier to take, too. Ben Crystall investigates

More

Forum : All the fun of the fest

Thistle diary : Noisy skies and noxious streams - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

Antipodes : Australian quarantine braces for a shake up - Ian Lowe investigates the choices facing Cabinet

Bestsellers : from Washington

Forum : Holding out for some local heroes

Review : New facts of life

Review : Mushroom galore

Review : Disaster watch

Review : Duplication and duplicity

Review : From thrower to thinker

Review : Collected works

Review : With hindsight

Review : After Charles

Review : Magic to molecules

Review : The meme is the message

Review : Machined history

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