Trainers for you brain: Physiologists know that rhythmic pulses of light can relax the brain. But manufacturers of New Age stroboscopes claim they can go one better - and expand your mind, John McCrone reports. . .
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Thoroughly modern families: Despite a widespread belief that the poorest countries are not ready for modern contraception, Rajamani Rowley argues that there is a huge unmet need
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Will tomorrow's children starve? The People problem
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A matter of life and death: Stabilising the world's population is at best a bumpy process as developing countries industrialise and death rates fall. Jean-Claude Chesnais asks if it is possible to smooth the transition
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Technology: Light balloon begins to take off
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Technology
Technology: Light works for sewage
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Speedy Russians
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Magellan's swan song
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Jobs and roads
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Coal-fired orchids
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Money overboard
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Can Lake Pedder resurface?: International support is growing behind an ambitious plan to drain a massive Tasmanian reservoir and restore a unique glacial lake beneath its surface. Ian Anderson reports
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Science: Lost ocean found deep in the Earth
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Science: 'Handshake' from future makes a mockery of time
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Science: 'Micro-quasar' in the Milky Way
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Science: Our Galaxy's very own big bang
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Science: Fun and games in four dimensions
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Science: Transplant troubles could be solved 'in the bag'
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Save the Taj
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Well-adjusted robot on target for brain surgery
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Satellite spies strange stripes in the desert
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Wise women
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Britain grounds hopes for growth in aerospace R&D
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Opt-outs could weaken population treaty
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Lusher times at Masada
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Soweto teachers take maths on the road
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Rain of debris makes space a safer place
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Greenhouse targets beyond 2000
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Quake leaves its mark on tree rings
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Double standards for egg and sperm donors
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Mechanical mole goes down the hole
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Gulls and terns all at sea about sex
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Opinion
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Trainers for you brain: Physiologists know that rhythmic pulses of light can relax the brain. But manufacturers of New Age stroboscopes claim they can go one better - and expand your mind, John McCrone reports. . .
Features
Thoroughly modern families: Despite a widespread belief that the poorest countries are not ready for modern contraception, Rajamani Rowley argues that there is a huge unmet need
Features
Health
Will tomorrow's children starve? The People problem
Features
A matter of life and death: Stabilising the world's population is at best a bumpy process as developing countries industrialise and death rates fall. Jean-Claude Chesnais asks if it is possible to smooth the transition
Features
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Review: From Abacus to Zenith
Books & Arts
Review: Medieval astronomy's hidden half
Books & Arts
Review: In search of the changeable brain
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Forum: Is the pen still mightier than the sword? - Robin Harbour feels we should think twice before disposing of written records
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Thistle Diary: Putting the lid over the leaks - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
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