Issue 2132 | Magazine cover date: 2 May 1998

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2 May 1998

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Wind of change

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Life on ice

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Us against them

INTERNAL tobacco company memos, posted on the Internet last week, provide the clearest picture yet of the companies' concerted efforts to deny the risks posed by passive smoking—the main scientific battleground for the industry since the 1970s. These efforts are detailed in some of the 39 000 documents central to the state of Minnesota's lawsuit …

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Eye contact is the key to a perfect portrait

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Brontosaurus was ahead by a nose

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The latest in cool

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Phantom unmasked

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Cold turkey

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Go with the glow

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Not so dumb

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A shade too risky

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Alien stowaways

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Altered maize kills friend as well as foe

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Short cited

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Bouncing back?

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Technology

The sound of spring

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Poisoned plates

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No snooping!

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At a cinema near you …

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Wheel squeal

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No more lumps in the throat

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Monkey business

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Space artist

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The human angle

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Gene medicine

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All your favourite bits

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Can you hear me?

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Primal mirth is no laughing matter

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Shock waves

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Blown away

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Is it curtains for old Windows?

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Two faces of the prion protein

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People's hero

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Ladybird, ladybird

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Safety first

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In a jamb

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Introducing the wrist-top computer

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Hard of hearing

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Technology

Breath of life

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Technology

Quake tuner

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Technology

Where did I put . . .

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Home delivery

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Blame mother

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The lost colony

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Our daily spread

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Hard facts

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Bonnie baby

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Doñana damned

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Blood money

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Opinion

It's a hard world

IF YOU live in the US, you don't need to be told what Viagra is. The rest of the world, which lacks fast-track mechanisms for drug approval, will have to wait a while for this remarkable new treatment for impotence—or "erectile dysfunction" as the drug's manufacturer, Pfizer, calls it. Viagra has stirred up a storm, …

Opinion

Safe in whose hands?

Opinion

Features

Postdoc in the City

KARSTEN HIPLER and Glen Liddy are scientists who have changed their career direction to become equity analysts in the City. Having studied physics at the University of Tübingen, Hipler completed his PhD at Basel while working for Ciba Geigy and became an expert researcher in physical biochemistry. "My research included studies on protein-protein interactions using …

Features

Crazy logic

Features

Wind of change

Features

Power to perovskite

Features

Life on ice

Features

Collected works

BY legend, streams of dark secrets course beneath the bland waters of small-town intimacy. Cyberville (Warner, $16.10, ISBN 044651909X) is intended to evoke that feeling as it rambles through the history of the New York-based bulletin board system ECHO (East Coast Hang Out), but it's more High School than Small Town USA. Stacy Horn, founder …

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Song of songs

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A slice of Bacon

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Wombat and wallaby

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from Washington

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Taming the triangle

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Old wrecks

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Liar, liar

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Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber

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Chalk and cheese

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Feedback

WE TRY not to knock British Telecom all the time, honest. The company has many virtues, and we would not wish to appear unduly malicious towards this or any other large business that happens to make gigantic profits for its directors and shareholders. So we were pleased to read this promise in a BT leaflet …

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This week's magazine

2 May 1998

On the cover

Postdoc in the City

Crazy logic

Wind of change

Power to perovskite

Life on ice

Table of contents

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Us against them

Eye contact is the key to a perfect portrait

Brontosaurus was ahead by a nose

The latest in cool

Phantom unmasked

Cold turkey

Go with the glow

Not so dumb

A shade too risky

Alien stowaways

Altered maize kills friend as well as foe

Short cited

Bouncing back?

Technology

The sound of spring

Technology

. . . . . .

Technology

. . . . . .

Poisoned plates

No snooping!

At a cinema near you …

Wheel squeal

No more lumps in the throat

Monkey business

Space artist

The human angle

Gene medicine

All your favourite bits

Can you hear me?

Primal mirth is no laughing matter

Shock waves

Blown away

Is it curtains for old Windows?

Two faces of the prion protein

People's hero

Ladybird, ladybird

Safety first

In a jamb

Introducing the wrist-top computer

Hard of hearing

Technology

Breath of life

Technology

Quake tuner

Technology

Where did I put . . .

Home delivery

Blame mother

The lost colony

Our daily spread

Hard facts

Bonnie baby

Doñana damned

Blood money

Opinion

It's a hard world

Safe in whose hands?

Features

Postdoc in the City

Crazy logic

Wind of change

Power to perovskite

Life on ice

More

Collected works

It can only get better

What goes up...

Boost for cooperative centres

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