Issue 1933 | Magazine cover date: 9 July 1994

9 July 1994

Issue 1933

On the cover

Features

Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world's most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

News

Technology: US satellite rivals fight for digital TV viewers

Opinion

Lots of energy for solar

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Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world's most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

Features

South Africa: The missing pieces

Features

Understanding the inner voices

Features

Night of the strangest comet

Features

News

Technology

Technology: US satellite rivals fight for digital TV viewers

Two broadcasting consortia in the US have launched rival digital satellite services beamed direct into the home, in what could lead to a fight to the death. The consortia, DirecTV and Primestar, both claim to be the first in the world to transmit digital video, but use different transmission technologies, satellites and encryption methods, making …

News

Technology

Technology: Ziggy and Squiggle's excellent CD-ROM adventure

News

Technology

Technology: 'Whacky' racers make a little go a long way

News

Technology

Technology: Microphone makes light of sound in a single step

News

Technology

Technology: Can we make electricity out of thin air?

News

Technology

Technology: High cost of engineering vital clotting factor

News

Science: Why some volcanoes fizz before they pop

News

Science: Poison frogs eat poison prey

News

Science: Riddle of the red shift

News

Science: Spiders with a busy social life

News

Science: Tune into comet crash on your radio

News

Science: 'Velcro' protein could stop spread of cancer cells

News

Technology

Technology: Lawyers' ad challenges rules of 'netiquette'

News

Bosses call the shots in R&D revamp

News

Horse sense no guide to age

News

US says drivers must use more alcohol

News

A comet by any other name . . .

News

Environment

'Designer organ' row over baboon that died

News

How to break a fall, not a hip

News

Simple measures may defeat elephantiasis

News

Economic need will drive South African research

News

Cajun crayfish make a meal of Kenyan snails

News

Hands off Antarctic squid

News

Russians to shut plutonium plants

News

Women smokers

News

Royal stargazer

News

Small is plentiful

News

Robot's return

News

Boost for bears

News

Condor killed

News

Cancer: is soya the solution?

News

Young man, put your sperm in a bank

News

Two-way protection from a 'menopause' jab

News

Robots hunt genetic switch

News

'Cruel' farming in the name of freedom

News

World Cup players face a whole new ball game

News

Opinion

Lots of energy for solar

DEALS that will set the scene for the development of solar power in Australia well into the next century are likely to be stitched up in early August. This is when two key players - the brothers Kari and Juha Ven - will return to Australia from Belgium. Kari Ven is the chief executive officer …

Opinion

Comment: What are men for?

Opinion

Comment: Wiser counsel

Opinion

Features

Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world's most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

Planet Earth is becoming hazier and the wide blue yonder is increasingly being blotted out by clouds. The problem is not just aesthetic. Low cloud and layers of dust and pollution spreading across the northern hemisphere are blotting out the sun. They block out heat so effectively that global warming has been put into reverse …

Features

South Africa: The missing pieces

Features

Understanding the inner voices

Features

Night of the strangest comet

Features

Waterborne diseases

Waterborne diseases are a major cause of illness in developing countries and are responsible for sporadic and localised outbreaks of disease in the developed world. They are generated by a variety of organisms that exist in water THE poor are most at risk from waterborne infections as they tend to be undernourished, lack proper sanitation …

Inside Science

Review: A star is born

Books & Arts

Forum: Who will enlighten the students? - Schools need more involvement with industry says Brian Woolnough

Forum

Review: Dog day afternoons

Books & Arts

Review: Time machines at the fin de siecle

Books & Arts

Review: From Mars to Jupiter in your back yard

Books & Arts

Thistle Diary: Nuclear stores and battle cries - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

Forum

Forum: Chipping away at cultural blocks - Jeremy Burgess ponders why we can take the arts at a leisurely pace but not the sciences

Forum

Review: The mutation man

Books & Arts

Review: How to build an electronic bomb

Books & Arts

Review: Fall and rise of societies of the spectacle

Books & Arts

Review: Deep secrets of well-charted territory

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

Two new industries, biotechnology and multimedia, are getting very upset about entrepreneurs who file broad patents on ideas that others in the industry regard as old and well known. But mature industries like pharmaceuticals have been through all this before, and found a solution. They know that if Patent Office examiners cannot find a written …

Regulars

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9 July 1994

On the cover

Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world's most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

South Africa: The missing pieces

Understanding the inner voices

Night of the strangest comet

Table of contents

News

Technology

Technology: US satellite rivals fight for digital TV viewers

Technology

Technology: Ziggy and Squiggle's excellent CD-ROM adventure

Technology

Technology: 'Whacky' racers make a little go a long way

Technology

Technology: Microphone makes light of sound in a single step

Technology

Technology: Can we make electricity out of thin air?

Technology

Technology: High cost of engineering vital clotting factor

Science: Why some volcanoes fizz before they pop

Science: Poison frogs eat poison prey

Science: Riddle of the red shift

Science: Spiders with a busy social life

Science: Tune into comet crash on your radio

Science: 'Velcro' protein could stop spread of cancer cells

Technology

Technology: Lawyers' ad challenges rules of 'netiquette'

Bosses call the shots in R&D revamp

Horse sense no guide to age

US says drivers must use more alcohol

A comet by any other name . . .

Environment

'Designer organ' row over baboon that died

How to break a fall, not a hip

Simple measures may defeat elephantiasis

Economic need will drive South African research

Cajun crayfish make a meal of Kenyan snails

Hands off Antarctic squid

Russians to shut plutonium plants

Women smokers

Royal stargazer

Small is plentiful

Robot's return

Boost for bears

Condor killed

Cancer: is soya the solution?

Young man, put your sperm in a bank

Two-way protection from a 'menopause' jab

Robots hunt genetic switch

'Cruel' farming in the name of freedom

World Cup players face a whole new ball game

Opinion

Lots of energy for solar

Comment: What are men for?

Comment: Wiser counsel

Features

Not warming, but cooling: Whatever happened to globalwarming? It seems that the world's most populous areas are getting cooler-the culprit this time is the aerosol effect reports Fred Pearce

South Africa: The missing pieces

Understanding the inner voices

Night of the strangest comet

More

Waterborne diseases

Review: A star is born

Forum: Who will enlighten the students? - Schools need more involvement with industry says Brian Woolnough

Review: Dog day afternoons

Review: Time machines at the fin de siecle

Review: From Mars to Jupiter in your back yard

Thistle Diary: Nuclear stores and battle cries - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

Forum: Chipping away at cultural blocks - Jeremy Burgess ponders why we can take the arts at a leisurely pace but not the sciences

Review: The mutation man

Review: How to build an electronic bomb

Review: Fall and rise of societies of the spectacle

Review: Deep secrets of well-charted territory

Regulars

Feedback

Regulars

Letters

Regulars