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1 April 2000

Issue 2232

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Masters of the Universe

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WHO's way to health

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Masters of the Universe

Features

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Stuff or nonsense?

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The great annihilators

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Space

Black holes

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Holes in one

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Table of contents

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WHO's way to health

HIGH blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy and asthma—the list of the most common ailments in this particular clinic is unremarkable. What's surprising is that the setting is rural Tanzania. The clinic is one of four set up by George Alberti of Britain's Royal College of Physicians and his colleague Nigel Unwin of the University of Newcastle …

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Technology

Defective argument

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Sticking point

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Nurture compounds nature in early arrivals

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The drifters

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Mother's calling

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Mechanical colours

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The biggest berg

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In the blood

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Decorative dating

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Filling the bowl

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Big baby boon

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A brake on copper

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Drug Net

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How flying insects reap the whirlwind

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Jumbo discovery

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Giant killers

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Ivory that tells a tale of prehistoric tragedy

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Fluid switching

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Space band-aid

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Rubber coating stops the clots

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Book fax

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Space shake-out

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Golden poison

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Double trouble

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Earth

Tidal warming

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Alien impact

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Technology

Not so final straws

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Technology

Rapid ascent

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Technology

A hole lot safer

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French fried

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Power house

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Seize control

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Crash landing

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Virulent blight

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Spotlight on cells

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Formidable froth

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Plastic skin keeps satellites safe

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Darth evaders

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Handy guide

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Vive la différence

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Opinion

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Humans

Westminster Diary

ROB EDWARDS has drawn attention to the heinous devices which could sweep future battlefields (51��, 4 December 1999, p 14). His list included sound beams to liquefy the enemies' bowels, sticky foams to fix foes to the ground, capture nets that cut, chemically burn and electrically shock opponents, and microwaves to disorientate your adversaries' …

Opinion

Talking chip design

Opinion

God of the norns

Opinion

Clarity at stake

Opinion

Genetic code should be forever free

Opinion

Going for gold

Opinion

Features

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Masters of the Universe

AT THE heart of every galaxy lies a dark despot. Unseen by its minions, it holds sway over the billions of solar systems that stretch for thousands of light years beyond. It was there before any of them were born, and it is already shaping their future. These tyrants are giant black holes, so heavy …

Features

Stuff or nonsense?

Features

The great annihilators

Features

Space

Black holes

Features

Holes in one

Features

More

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Ancient remnants

Anyone who thinks that fossils are boring should take a look at The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. It is full of beautiful and accurate illustrations of hundreds of vertebrate animals from millions of years ago, and every detail has been gleaned from fossil remains. It is also natural history, so you …

Books & Arts

Beans in their prime

Books & Arts

Capturing sound

Books & Arts

Tall tales

Books & Arts

Happy returns

Books & Arts

One of a kind

Books & Arts

Life On Other Worlds and How to Find It by Stuart Clark

Books & Arts

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Feedback

A COUPLE of weeks ago, while handing out the National Medals of Science and Technology in the East Room of the White House, President Clinton shared his favourite example of "a practical gain from a scientific advance". It seems that astronaut Neil Armstrong presented him with a lump of Moon rock to keep on loan …

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