Star Wars and the asteroid: Former Star Wars scientists hope a cut-price mission to a nearby asteroid will show that their dream of building a shield round Earth was not mere pie in the sky
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This week's magazine
On the cover
Opinion
Editor's picks
Technology
Secret of Achilles' shield
Features
Life
The emotional chicken
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A bard by any other name: For years academics have battled over attempts to settle questions of authorship. Now there's a new way of analysing writing styles, say Robert Matthews and Tom Merriam
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Sunscreens and the protection racket: Are sunscreen lotions that claim to offer a high protection factor really better at preventing skin cancer?
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Table of contents
News
Technology
Technology: Fusion hopes hang on refurbished JET
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Science: Old age is not a new problem
News
Science: How disappearing lakes are swelling the oceans
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Science: The giant crystal at the heart of the Earth
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Science: Clouds hold the key to global warming theory
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Science: A constant challenge to the Universe
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Science: The triple ring where stars began
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Science: Building a protein link in the cancer chain
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Science: The prescient power of mathematics
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Bring me your networked masses. . .
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Neighbours sign deal to save Aral Sea
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Thorp review
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Italian ploy?
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Tangled web of toxin
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Chaos in Russia
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Electronic news
News
Whale of a problem
News
Unbalanced
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Stony ground for Britain's ploughshares: British industry has ambitious plans for finding everyday uses for military technoolgy. But the Treasury could frustrate even the best laid plan
News
Trouble-free tourism for pets
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Japanese link video games to poor eyesight in children
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How geneticiest bred failure form success
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Fear that vigilantes could wreck reef research
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Missing link with big feet
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Hunt for the monster of the Amazon
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Mackerel lured dolphins to certain death
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Award given for. . . er. . . better not say
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'Harmless' fault strikes while Los Angeles sleeps
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Hubble's eye can see clearly now
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Video link goes on trial at the Old Bailey
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Privatisers on the prowl
News
Opinion
Features
Star Wars and the asteroid: Former Star Wars scientists hope a cut-price mission to a nearby asteroid will show that their dream of building a shield round Earth was not mere pie in the sky
Features
Technology
Secret of Achilles' shield
Features
Life
The emotional chicken
Features
A bard by any other name: For years academics have battled over attempts to settle questions of authorship. Now there's a new way of analysing writing styles, say Robert Matthews and Tom Merriam
Features
Sunscreens and the protection racket: Are sunscreen lotions that claim to offer a high protection factor really better at preventing skin cancer?
Features
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Forum: How to wrap a rabid rabbit - Martin Gregory on being defeated by the spoken word
Forum
Thistle Diary: Concern, confusion and net benefits - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
Forum
Review: A high time was had by all
Books & Arts
Forum: Why fusion is too hot to mishandle - Ray Hand argues that Princeton's gain should not foreshadow Britain's loss
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Review: A watery glimpse of the Highlands
Books & Arts
