When a second lasts forever - It's not just in the movies that moments of crisis seem to pass in slow motion. John McCrone investigates the tricks our minds play with time
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In the blink of an atom
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Here comes hypertime - Want to sidestep your future or rearrange your past? An extra time dimension could be all you need, says Gabrielle Walker, and it might even be the key to the theory of everything
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Countdown to chaos - Time signals keep the world in step. Tweak them just a little, and life as we know it will quickly grind to a halt, says David Kestenbaum
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Strange Times
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Time's arrow
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Table of contents
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Netropolitan :
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Slip-sliding away - There are ways of predicting the landslides that kill thousands in the Andes
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In brief : See-through chips
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In brief : Stellar palpitations
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Butter spreads the secret of long life
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Take aim, fire - Can magic bullets finally live up to their promise as a deadly weapon against cancer?
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Looks good on paper - You can use a pen and ink to enter data into a computer
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51¶¯Âþwire : Drugs feel the heat
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51¶¯Âþwire : Satellite hit
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51¶¯Âþwire : Not with a bang
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Wheeled mouse is a fast mover
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Netropolitan : A hanging offence
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Technofile : Tumour telescope
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Technofile : Green machine
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Technofile : Efficient hybrid
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A highly irregular matter - Images of a distant cloud hint that the big bang was more "lumpy" than anyone thought
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Why some males choose monogamy
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Dinosaur theory put to flight - Birds may not be descended from the ancient reptiles after all
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Sober gene keeps a clear head
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Focus : The price of prejudice - The world may miss out because the fruits of research in developing countries seldom make it to the pages of top journals
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Patents : Keep on trucking
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Patents : On-bike computer
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Patents : Flash-bang wallop
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Russia's real drink problem
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Incurable TB threatens millennium
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The morning after - Need a reckless one-night stand lead to AIDS?
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Technofile : Can't kill, won't kill
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A bigger splash - The Geological Society of America heard that when an asteroid hit Earth, life forms hurtled across the globe—and the young Mars was not so unlike home. Jeff Hecht reports from Salt Lake City
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Space
Earthly world
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Beached whaling
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The rot sets in - To keep forests healthy, trees must suffer a little
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A painful dilemma - Experts remain divided over fetal suffering
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At last…the truth about Area 51
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Bay wash - How to make cheap wave power
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Set phasers to shock . . .
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Dummy does the legwork - Synthetic flesh and bone is ideal for studying the effects of land mines
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White, with a hint of potato
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How nature takes sides - The machinery that puts organs on the correct side of the body is coming to light
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Monsanto's cotton gets the Mississippi blues
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The heat is on - Clinton's policy dooms us all to a warmer world
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Call for a spin doctor - Engineered plants are blamed for ailing ladybirds and hybrid radishes. Experts say don't worry, but the public won't be happy
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Opinion
Features
When a second lasts forever - It's not just in the movies that moments of crisis seem to pass in slow motion. John McCrone investigates the tricks our minds play with time
Features
In the blink of an atom
Features
Here comes hypertime - Want to sidestep your future or rearrange your past? An extra time dimension could be all you need, says Gabrielle Walker, and it might even be the key to the theory of everything
Features
Countdown to chaos - Time signals keep the world in step. Tweak them just a little, and life as we know it will quickly grind to a halt, says David Kestenbaum
Features
Strange Times
Features
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Antipodes : What Melburnians breathe - Ian Lowe examines a report on air quality
Forum
Thistle diary : - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
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Forum : Secret life of the shrimp - What goes on in the depths when our backs are turned, asks Jon Copley
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Forum : A clean break - Conservation and genetics make bad bed fellows, says Martin Brookes
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Review : Eureka!
Books & Arts
Review : Glamour guy
Books & Arts
Bestsellers : from Washington
Books & Arts
Review : Collected works - Wendy Grossman on spies, smog and bots on the Net
Books & Arts
Review : Worth the weight
Books & Arts
Review : Assaying the past
Books & Arts
Review : UsefulNet
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Review : Starter kit
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Review : Imperfect beings
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Review : Age d'or
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Review : Temporary hero
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