The legend of big G - Measuring gravity may be more than an intellectual exercise for trainspotters, says David Kestenbaum. It could be the loose thread that unravels the whole of modern physics
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Praying for Silence - Imagine living with deafening noises that only you can hear. Fortunately the hell of tinnitus is finally getting the research attention it needs, says Saffron Davies
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Pastures new - The crops that feed us today give up their grain and die, leaving the soil exposed to wind and rain. But what if the plants lived on from one year to the next, asks Meg Gordon
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That's amazing, isn't it ? - Why is intuition worse than useless when it comes to spotting real coincidences? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart investigate
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Table of contents
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Dementia linked to faulty RNA
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The future in tow - Old waterways are coming into their own again with the revolution in communications
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Could algae save the world?
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Living colour - It's not your imagination—those old films really were more vivid
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In brief : Prime candidates
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51¶¯Âþwire : Own brand
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51¶¯Âþwire : Dioxin disclosure
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51¶¯Âþwire : Homegrown fly
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Earth
Coast to coast - Eastern invaders threaten Canada's native salmon
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Netropolitan : Lone wolves
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Netropolitan :
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Coming soon...the disposable desktop computer
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Tricky light - They may look like exploding stars to amateur astronomers, but the truth is more mundane
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Earth
Focus : Paradise postponed
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A cure in sight - Pinning down the cataract trigger could help millions of sufferers
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Jet-setting black holes bare all
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Technofile : Keeping tabs
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Technofile : Power modems
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Technofile : Light on leaks
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Technofile : In the groove
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Make do and mend - Meet the supercomputer cobbled together on a shoestring from obsolete PCs
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51¶¯Âþwire : Dolly's baby
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51¶¯Âþwire : Muscleman tragedy
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51¶¯Âþwire : E-mail for free
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Stars of the small screen
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Going with the flow - Quick-fire pulses keep track of an expensive commodity—sewage
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Patents : Beer mat deluxe
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Patents : Dial V for video
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Patents : Smuggling chips
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Blind prejudice - "Hard" scientists believe they are immune to bias
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Piles of plutonium blow up big bomb fears
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The dragnet closes in - Tobacco sleuths have put a biotech company in the dock
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Price of pet freedom - Quarantine rules protect Britain from more than just rabies
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Crossing the line - Richard Seed may not win a place in history for cloning humans, but someone probably will
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So who exactly is Richard Seed?
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Talking point - Chimps' gestures may have more meaning than we realised
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He's making eyes at me - When they meet a male, female stalk-eyed flies are only interested in one thing
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Mercury's ghostly glow reveals its secret
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Good for nothing - Genes that seemed useless are working in subtle ways
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51¶¯Âþwire : A raw deal
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Opinion
Features
The legend of big G - Measuring gravity may be more than an intellectual exercise for trainspotters, says David Kestenbaum. It could be the loose thread that unravels the whole of modern physics
Features
Praying for Silence - Imagine living with deafening noises that only you can hear. Fortunately the hell of tinnitus is finally getting the research attention it needs, says Saffron Davies
Features
Pastures new - The crops that feed us today give up their grain and die, leaving the soil exposed to wind and rain. But what if the plants lived on from one year to the next, asks Meg Gordon
Features
That's amazing, isn't it ? - Why is intuition worse than useless when it comes to spotting real coincidences? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart investigate
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Recycling the Earth
Inside Science
Thistle diary : - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
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Antipodes : Government opens the door to technology - Ian Lowe assesses the new science advisory structure
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Forum : Let's hear it for the woodworm - Why don't we treat our fellow creatures more consistently, asks John Stonehouse
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Review : Collected works - Wendy Grossman connects to the wild, wired future
Books & Arts
Bestsellers : from Oxford
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Earth
Forum: Playing dirty in Kyoto
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Review : Roar of the surf
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Review : Doctors' orders
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Review : Survival guide
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Review : Nietzsche was here
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Review : Uncertain light
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Review : Peacock's tale
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Review : Rainforest quest
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Review : Pest wars
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Review : Diamond life
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Review : World about us
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Review : Religious greens
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Review : The global symphony
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Review : Law for green activists
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