Issue 2069 | Magazine cover date: 15 February 1997

15 February 1997

Issue 2069

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On the cover

Features

Seeing is unfreezing

News

scan : the great divide

Opinion

Editorial : Declaring an interest - WHAT is the world to do about the unsafe nuclear power plants we have inherited from the late Soviet empire? The West's answer this week is: build more of them.

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Seeing is unfreezing

Features

X-ray specs

Features

Stuck on glueballs

Features

War in the woods – Dutch elm disease is back with a vengeance. But this time biotechnology

Features

News

scan : the great divide

INDEPENDENTLY of Charles Darwin , English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace developed the theory of natural selection. But Wallace's work and ideas have received far less attention than his famous contemporary. One of his most important discoveries was the biological boundary between Bali and Lombok in the Makassar Strait, although the islands are only 24 kilometres …

News

research: in the lab : Supermagnets for sale

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changing places :

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random samples :

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research: in the field : Dress sense

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research: in the field : Gloves off

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Australasian : John Hellstrom ...downloaded

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scan : on the rocks

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scan : islands of plenty

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scan : cool fish

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Technology

Technology : And the poor shall browse through the Net

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Technology

Technology : Oysters lend a hand on the farm

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Technology

Netropolitan :

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Netropolitan :

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Netropolitan :

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Netropolitan :

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Netropolitan :

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Technology

Technology : Double pull keeps satellites in their place

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Technology

Technology : Timed to put a stop to video's nasty surprises

News

Technology

Technology : Flags come out for robotic muscles

News

Technology

Technology : Could cold sores be gene therapy's best friend?

News

Science : Aircraft wreak havoc on ozone layer

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Science : Narrow arteries fail Indian hearts

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Science : Hot lizard shows its true colours

News

Technology

Technology : Military eyes spy on the weather

News

Science : What really makes water wet?

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Science : Mini-planets are worlds apart

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Science : Professionals know the score

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Science : Bad sex gene ruins fruit flies' love lives

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Science : Now you see it, now you don't . . .

News

Made in Taiwan

News

Raining acid on Asia - As clouds of polluting gas drift in from China's power stations, Japan will have to help its neighbour install greener technologies or suffer the economic and environmental consequences

News

Cow's milk just like Mama makes

News

Cluster's last stand

News

Gene debate

News

Lost innocence

News

Gappy families

News

Disruptive element

News

Modified maize faces widening opposition

News

Environment body goes to pieces

News

Broken ice, but what does it mean?

News

Japan's rockets fall foul of fishermen

News

Herbal cures mean plants suffer

News

NASA bails out its Russian partner

News

India's rickshaws clean up their act

News

Clean air plans steeped in confusion

News

Last-ditch stand to keep clogs in the workplace

News

Medals for all in the `science Olympics'

News

Antibiotic from gut bug keeps killer at bay

News

Vacuum cleaner gets to the roots of asthma

News

Chernobyl refuses to lay down and die

News

America joins the hunt for the Higgs

News

Opinion

Editorial : Declaring an interest - WHAT is the world to do about the unsafe nuclear power plants we have inherited from the late Soviet empire? The West's answer this week is: build more of them.

WHAT is the world to do about the unsafe nuclear power plants we have inherited from the late Soviet empire? The West's answer this week is: build more of them. Does this make sense? Of course not—and that's official. Top Western energy experts have just calculated that it would be a lot cheaper for Ukraine …

Opinion

Editorial : Who's who in high places

Opinion

Features

Seeing is unfreezing

ANNA can be walking happily one moment, and the next her legs freeze and she cannot take another step. Suddenly she feels disconnected from her body, as if she were looking at herself from a distance. It's a sensation that can bring on a panic attack. This frightening, frozen state is one of the most …

Features

X-ray specs

Features

Stuck on glueballs

Features

War in the woods – Dutch elm disease is back with a vengeance. But this time biotechnology

Features

World of antimatter

WHEN asked what was the most stunning discovery of the 20th century, the German quantum physicist Werner Heisenberg was in little doubt. In his view, it was the prediction and discovery of antimatter in the 1930s. It was as if a magic mirror had been held up to the Universe. In it, we could see …

Inside Science

Antipodes : The chief scientist is asked to take stock - Ian Lowe explores the latest review of Australian science

Forum

Review : Winning with mathematics

Books & Arts

Review : Ace surfing . . .

Books & Arts

Review : . . . and dog paddling

Books & Arts

Forum : Where fish may safely graze

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Forum : Giving curiosity its head

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Review : Tools for living

Books & Arts

Review : Counting sisters

Books & Arts

Review : Small beans

Books & Arts

Review : When two tribes go to war

Books & Arts

Review : Middle-aged planets

Books & Arts

Review : Save the children

Books & Arts

Bestsellers : from London

Books & Arts

Review : Collected works

Books & Arts

Thistle diary : The silence of the birds - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

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Regulars

The Last Word

Sour cream Q: One evening in the summer of 1994 I retired to bed with a glass of milk. During the night there was a tremendous thunderstorm with plenty of lighting and the following morning the remainder of the milk had curdled into a solid mass. My elderly relatives who remembered pre-refrigerator days held it …

This week's magazine

15 February 1997

On the cover

Seeing is unfreezing

X-ray specs

Stuck on glueballs

War in the woods – Dutch elm disease is back with a vengeance. But this time biotechnology

Table of contents

News

scan : the great divide

research: in the lab : Supermagnets for sale

changing places :

random samples :

research: in the field : Dress sense

research: in the field : Gloves off

Australasian : John Hellstrom ...downloaded

scan : on the rocks

scan : islands of plenty

scan : cool fish

Technology

Technology : And the poor shall browse through the Net

Technology

Technology : Oysters lend a hand on the farm

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Technology : Double pull keeps satellites in their place

Technology

Technology : Timed to put a stop to video's nasty surprises

Technology

Technology : Flags come out for robotic muscles

Technology

Technology : Could cold sores be gene therapy's best friend?

Science : Aircraft wreak havoc on ozone layer

Science : Narrow arteries fail Indian hearts

Science : Hot lizard shows its true colours

Technology

Technology : Military eyes spy on the weather

Science : What really makes water wet?

Science : Mini-planets are worlds apart

Science : Professionals know the score

Science : Bad sex gene ruins fruit flies' love lives

Science : Now you see it, now you don't . . .

Made in Taiwan

Raining acid on Asia - As clouds of polluting gas drift in from China's power stations, Japan will have to help its neighbour install greener technologies or suffer the economic and environmental consequences

Cow's milk just like Mama makes

Cluster's last stand

Gene debate

Lost innocence

Gappy families

Disruptive element

Modified maize faces widening opposition

Environment body goes to pieces

Broken ice, but what does it mean?

Japan's rockets fall foul of fishermen

Herbal cures mean plants suffer

NASA bails out its Russian partner

India's rickshaws clean up their act

Clean air plans steeped in confusion

Last-ditch stand to keep clogs in the workplace

Medals for all in the `science Olympics'

Antibiotic from gut bug keeps killer at bay

Vacuum cleaner gets to the roots of asthma

Chernobyl refuses to lay down and die

America joins the hunt for the Higgs

Opinion

Editorial : Declaring an interest - WHAT is the world to do about the unsafe nuclear power plants we have inherited from the late Soviet empire? The West's answer this week is: build more of them.

Editorial : Who's who in high places

Features

Seeing is unfreezing

X-ray specs

Stuck on glueballs