Issue 2183 | Magazine cover date: 24 April 1999

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24 April 1999

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Veterinary practices make perfect

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One in the eye for fish's victims

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Veterinary practices make perfect

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The spinners

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Supercell

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Lost for words

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One in the eye for fish's victims

THE eyes of chameleons are no longer unique among vertebrates, say biologists who have found strikingly similar ocular abilities in a fish. Chameleons are renowned for their turret-like eyes which can move independently and judge depth by varying their focus. But Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland in Brisbane and his colleagues have found …

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Fungus farmers

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X-ray delay?

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The good news…

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…and the bad

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Paradox lost

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Namibian bugs crash through the size barrier

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Bat alert

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Neutron star is caught blowing bubbles

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Alien invaders

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NASA's finest get wired for the night

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Flight of the soya bean

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Technology

Windows on privacy

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There's a storm brewing…

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Essence of chocolate

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Life and death vest

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For your eyes only

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Raring to go

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Smooth operator

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Shrink to fit

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Short, sharp shocks build micromachines

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Junk food

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A better way to leave this world

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Now you see it . . .

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Hunting the carriers

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Coral crumbles

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Blame your mother…

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Crash course

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Martian time

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Rice race

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In a jam

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Mind

On the right track

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Mind

Lights, sound, action!

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Mind

Seeing is believing

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Mind

All fired up

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Weather eyes

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Technology

Explosive deflection

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Technology

Watch my lips

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Clean burn

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Opinion

That's entertainment!

"MAKE `EM LAUGH, make `em cry". That's the old Hollywood formula for creating a spectacular sell-out musical. What's that got to do with us? Well, surprisingly enough, many of the old Hollywood tricks—especially if you add "make `em shriek", "make `em gasp", "make `em faint dead away"—were to be seen the Edinburgh Science Festival over …

Opinion

The future is another country

Opinion

Features

Veterinary practices make perfect

IT'S harder to get a place on a British university course to become a vet than on any other subject. Choose medicine and there are 4000 places to try for in numerous universities. Decide on a career in veterinary surgery and there are about 400 places in six universities. No wonder it is essential to …

Features

The spinners

Features

Firm forecast

Features

Supercell

Features

Lost for words

Features

Performing eggs

SOME scientists might consider inventing the birth control pill a lifetime achievement in itself. Not Carl Djerassi. Still restless after sparking the sexual revolution with his little hormone tablet he now weighs in on the drama and ethics behind assisted fertility. Immaculate Misconception—a stage version of an earlier novel, Menachem's Seed—is about a woman scientist …

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Grounds for war

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Going nowhere fast

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Forum

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To the body shop

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A passionate man

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from San Franscisco

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Stealing beauty

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The dolphin way

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Count me in

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Hold on tight

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Get A life

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Regulars

Feedback

ALL THOSE stories about planes falling out of the sky when the millennium dawns are, of course, complete rubbish. We are quite sure that the airlines have done everything necessary to ensure their computers are millennium compliant and will switch over to the year 2000 with no problems. All the same, Feedback understands why Liam …

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This week's magazine

24 April 1999

On the cover

Veterinary practices make perfect

The spinners

Firm forecast

Supercell

Lost for words

Table of contents

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One in the eye for fish's victims

Holes together

Twisted foe

Sex pests

Alien planets

Fungus farmers

X-ray delay?

The good news…

…and the bad

Paradox lost

Namibian bugs crash through the size barrier

Bat alert

Neutron star is caught blowing bubbles

Alien invaders

NASA's finest get wired for the night

Flight of the soya bean

Technology

Windows on privacy

There's a storm brewing…

Essence of chocolate

Life and death vest

For your eyes only

Raring to go

Smooth operator

Shrink to fit

Short, sharp shocks build micromachines

Junk food

A better way to leave this world

Now you see it . . .

Hunting the carriers

Coral crumbles

Blame your mother…

Crash course

Martian time

Rice race

In a jam

Mind

On the right track

Mind

Lights, sound, action!

Mind

Seeing is believing

Mind

All fired up

Powered up

Weather eyes

Technology

Explosive deflection

Technology

Cool sounds

Technology

Watch my lips

Clean burn

Opinion

That's entertainment!

The future is another country

Features

Veterinary practices make perfect

The spinners

Firm forecast

Supercell

Lost for words

More

Performing eggs

Aussie roobots kick goals in Japan

Grounds for war

Going nowhere fast

Signs of the times

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