Dreams that do what they're told: Most of us are deceived by dreams, manipulated while asleep. It doesn't have to be like that - lucid dreaming can put you back in control
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This week's magazine
Editor's picks
Living of the fault line: The San Andreas fault is where the modern science of earthquake prediction began, yet quakes still surprise Californians. Last October's earthquake encouraged geologists who are finding clues to the next Big One in the landscape
Features
Sing a song of megabytes: The music industry is hijacking technology designed for computers to herald the advent of the tapeless recording studio - and more electronic manipulation of sound
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Balancing the carbon budget
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Are we missing the grass for the trees?: Amazonian rainforest going up in smoke has become a powerful image of environmental destruction and the growing threat from the greenhouse effect. Tropical grasslands have been almost totally ignored
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Embryo research and genetic disease: By studying mice, scientists have found ways of detecting specific gene defects in very early embryos. Could such diagnosis be offered to people who risk passing on a severe genetic disease to their children?
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Follow that fin - the technology of tailing fish
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Earth
Time and tide wait for no plaice
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Table of contents
News
Technology
Technology: Ovulation captured live with ultrasound
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Technology
Technology: Rechargeable battery unlocks the power of polymers . . .
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Technology
Technology: .. while a flatter pack and thin electrodes squeeze energy into awkward spaces
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Technology
Technology: Japan puts neural computers to work in their own write
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Science: Astronomers gain insight into black hole accretion
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Science: 'Unimolecular' reaction breaks the chemical rules
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Science: Cell transplant relieves Parkinson's disease in rats
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Science: Dark matter 'seen'
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Technology
Technology: Sloppy software was AIDS disc's Achilles heel
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Science: Arctic ozone threatened
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Science: 'Scars' connect classical and quantum theory
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Science: Warmer seas increase greenhouse effect
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Balloon prepares to swoop on drugs traffic
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Hiroshima study shows higher risks of low-level radiation
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Nuclear weapons industry 'swept health risks under the carpet'
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Gaia theorist receives royal recognition
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Morocco braces as oil heads for coastline
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Screening could cut risk of hip fractures
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Canada's lawyers push for 14-day limit on embryo research
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Museums look for 'artistic' scientists
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Nuclear news suppressed to thwart CND
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The quake Australia thought could never happen
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The bitter legacy of Romania's 'first lady of science'
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Cabinet papers reveal lost fight for science ministry
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Japan drags its feet on project to map the human genome
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Government faces row over pollution data
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Opinion
Features
Dreams that do what they're told: Most of us are deceived by dreams, manipulated while asleep. It doesn't have to be like that - lucid dreaming can put you back in control
Features
Living of the fault line: The San Andreas fault is where the modern science of earthquake prediction began, yet quakes still surprise Californians. Last October's earthquake encouraged geologists who are finding clues to the next Big One in the landscape
Features
Sing a song of megabytes: The music industry is hijacking technology designed for computers to herald the advent of the tapeless recording studio - and more electronic manipulation of sound
Features
Balancing the carbon budget
Features
Are we missing the grass for the trees?: Amazonian rainforest going up in smoke has become a powerful image of environmental destruction and the growing threat from the greenhouse effect. Tropical grasslands have been almost totally ignored
Features
Embryo research and genetic disease: By studying mice, scientists have found ways of detecting specific gene defects in very early embryos. Could such diagnosis be offered to people who risk passing on a severe genetic disease to their children?
Features
Follow that fin - the technology of tailing fish
Features
Earth
Time and tide wait for no plaice
Features
More
Forum: Roses are black, violets are green - The emergence of amateur genetic engineers
Forum
Positive health in Peckham / Review of 'Being Me and Also Us, Lessons from the Peckham Experiment' by Alison Stallibrass
Books & Arts
A caver's centenary / Review of 'A Man Deep In Mendip, The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory 1910-1921' edited by John Savory
Books & Arts
History under wraps / Review of 'Mummies, Myth and Magic' by Christine El Mahdy
Books & Arts
Tribal demarcation / Review of 'Academic Tribes and Territories' by Tony Becher
Books & Arts
Morality and the test tube / Review of 'Experiments on Embryos' edited by Anthony Dyson and John Harris
Books & Arts
Evolution's background noise / Review of 'The Darwinian Paradigm, Essays on its History, Philisophy and Religious Implications' by Michael Ruse
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