Issue 2084 | Magazine cover date: 31 May 1997

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31 May 1997

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Where aircraft fear to go

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Foodie syndrome

Opinion

Editorial : A triumph of hope

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Where aircraft fear to go

Features

China's mountain monkeys

Features

God's firecrackers

Features

Northern Exposure

Features

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Foodie syndrome

FOR some people, a burning desire for fine foods may be an indication not of an educated palate but of subtle brain damage, according to two Swiss researchers. They call the disorder "gourmand syndrome". Neurologist Theodor Landis and psychologist Marianne Regard of Zurich's University Hospital report in the May issue of Neurology (vol 48, p …

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Bomb records saved

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A Net of their own

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Tumour tamer

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Cult's bizarre vision rekindles cloning debate

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Beet gene beats worm pests

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Size is all for the massive meat-eater from Argentina

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If you want a grant, give your friends a call

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Huge ice cubes bombard Earth

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Southern birds soak up poisons

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Research firms face tax bombshell

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Japan fiddles while the world warms

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Black robin's comeback proves variety isn't the spice oflife

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Lie detectors back on trial

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Sneaky El Niño outwits weather forecasters

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Ancient nuclear dump has lessons for the future

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Pollution may lead to a life of crime

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Don't it make my brown eyes blue...

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Jumbo birth control drives bull elephants wild

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Technology : Oh look, that must be his nose

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Technology : The impossible art of killing bugs…

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Patents : Video discs stumble into legal minefield

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Technology

Patents : Speakers accord

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Patents : Rejuvenating mask

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Patents : Silent alarm

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Patents : Another dimension

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Patents : Smooth image

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Science : Are memories made of this?

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Science : Planet's tail of the unexpected

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Science : How the Great Barrier Reef turned up the heat

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Technology

Technology : The video that knows where it lives

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Technology

Technology : How to spot the foreign body lurking deep within

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Technology

Technology : Introducing the model office worker

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Technology

Technology : Rounding up the protein suspects

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Science : Lightning sharpens acid rain's bite

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Science : Toxic reservoirs are global enemies

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Science : Just remember this …

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Science : The sounds that say it all as birds sing their hearts out

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Heart tremors

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Lost energy cash

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Beware green imperialists

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Opinion

Editorial : A triumph of hope

IT was always inevitable that somebody would decide to back attempts to clone humans. The techniques that produced Dolly the sheep—the world's first cloned mammal—require considerable patience and skill but little in the way of high technology. As it has turned out, a religious group called the Raëlians—which believes that life on Earth was created …

Opinion

Features

Where aircraft fear to go

THE conditions are hostile. The air is so thin that anybody exposed to it would lose consciousness in seconds and yet the winds are smooth and swift. The sky is a deep velvet blue and the temperature a freezing – 65 °C. There is no moisture and nothing lives here. This is not Mars but …

Features

China's mountain monkeys

Features

God's firecrackers

Features

Northern Exposure

Features

Review : TV times

Entries are alphabetical, with keywords indexed accompanied by lists for further reading in the three volumes comprising the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television edited by Horace Newcombe (Fitzroy Dearborn, £175, ISBN 1 88964 26 5). The content is international and diverse. Absolutely Fabulous, I Love Lucy, Beavis and Butthead and Dixon of Dock …

Books & Arts

Review : My sabre-tooth moggy

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Review : Desperately seeking something

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Forum : Shaken but not sourced

Forum

Forum : Dustbin of the world

Forum

Review : Pick a winner

Books & Arts

Review : Today's weather

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Review : Nemesis of the marketplace

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Review : A bird's life

Books & Arts

Review : Speaking volumes

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Bestsellers : from Oxford

Books & Arts

Review : Collected works

Books & Arts

Australasian : Opportunity calls, via the mobile phone

Forum

Washington diary : A flare for problems

Forum

Review : Box on disc

Books & Arts

Review : All about consciousness

Books & Arts

Regulars

The Last Word

Nutty mints Q: If I have a drink soon after eating mints the inside of my mouth feels much colder than normal. What causes this? (continued) A: Mint tastes "cool" because of its anaesthetic properties. Menthol, the essential oil in mint, deadens the hot receptors in the mouth over the cold receptors. Nerve endings constantly …

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This week's magazine

31 May 1997

On the cover

Where aircraft fear to go

China's mountain monkeys

God's firecrackers

Northern Exposure

Table of contents

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Foodie syndrome

Bomb records saved

A Net of their own

Tumour tamer

Cult's bizarre vision rekindles cloning debate

Beet gene beats worm pests

Size is all for the massive meat-eater from Argentina

If you want a grant, give your friends a call

Huge ice cubes bombard Earth

Southern birds soak up poisons

Research firms face tax bombshell

Japan fiddles while the world warms

Black robin's comeback proves variety isn't the spice oflife

Lie detectors back on trial

Sneaky El Niño outwits weather forecasters

Ancient nuclear dump has lessons for the future

Pollution may lead to a life of crime

Don't it make my brown eyes blue...

Jumbo birth control drives bull elephants wild

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Technology : Oh look, that must be his nose

Technology

Technology : The impossible art of killing bugs…

Technology

Patents : Video discs stumble into legal minefield

Technology

Patents : Speakers accord

Technology

Patents : Rejuvenating mask

Technology

Patents : Silent alarm

Technology

Patents : Another dimension

Technology

Patents : Smooth image

Science : Are memories made of this?

Science : Planet's tail of the unexpected

Science : How the Great Barrier Reef turned up the heat

Technology

Technology : The video that knows where it lives

Technology

Technology : How to spot the foreign body lurking deep within

Technology

Technology : Introducing the model office worker

Technology

Technology : Rounding up the protein suspects

Science : Lightning sharpens acid rain's bite

Science : Toxic reservoirs are global enemies

Science : Just remember this …

Science : The sounds that say it all as birds sing their hearts out

Heart tremors

Lost energy cash

Beware green imperialists

Opinion

Editorial : A triumph of hope

Features

Where aircraft fear to go

China's mountain monkeys

God's firecrackers

Northern Exposure

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