Out for blood - Cooking up an alternative to the red stuff is proving a tough task, says Nell Boyce
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This week's magazine
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Crystal gazing - Outsize crystals made from tiny plastic beads could play a vital role in applications as diverse as optical computers and biosensors, says Philip Ball
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Sounds impossible - Reconstructing a sound source from the waves it produces takes nothing less than a mirror that makes time run backwards. Ilan Greenberg discovers how it's done
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It's a jungle out there - Why do the biggest business upsets so often take us by surprise? It all makes perfect sense if you think of the market as an ecosystem, says Roger Lewin
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Table of contents
News
Titan awakes - Strange things will happen when the Sun turns red
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And now the weather: rain, rain, here to stay
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In brief : The sweet smell of the north
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In brief : Abominable snowballs
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In brief : Fibre power
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Netropolitan : Little weed
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Netropolitan :
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A sour note - Standards chaos threatens the next generation of hi-fi systems
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Bursting the heart of tumours
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Newswire : Rabies returns
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Newswire : Chernobyl shutdown
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Newswire : Spam doesn't pay
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Newswire : Dam dispute
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At the mercy of mink - An alien predator is terrorising the natives across Britain
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You are here… - Satellite images of Earth will soon be available on the Web
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Boom time for beetles - Homes that shrink and grow can drive insect populations sky high
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Disarming gene is a lucky strike for smokers
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Focus : Countdown to chaos - As 170 nations gather in Japan next week to fight over global warming, the future of the planet hangs in the balance
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How to stop slip sliding away
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Rebel virus
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Hey, good looking - Male horseshoe crabs only have eyes for the females
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A happy medium - One false move and our Universe would have been unfit for life
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Uprooting our family tree - Ancient Australian teeth are upsetting cherished ideas about the evolution of mammals
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Lies, damned lies... - British air pollution statistics understate the threat to health
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Newswire : Altered groceries
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Newswire : Breaking the habit
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Newswire : Superhighway snarl-up
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Nuts without fear – A spot of natural chemistry can defeat some of
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Clean cut
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Technofile : Mighty micro
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Technofile : Electric tomatoes
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Technofile : Giant attractor
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Technofile : Paper solution
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Patents : Once bitten
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Heavy night, sir? - Every traffic cop knows hungover drivers can kill. Soon they may be able to stop them
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Sterile sex conquers sleeping sickness
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The cup that poisons - Some potters are still using toxic metals in their glazes
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China chokes - The economic boom is taking a heavy toll on health
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Patents : Dial V for video
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Patents : Shared illusions
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Light relief for gasping fish
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Riders on the storm - NASA has plans to probe the Earth's magnetic weather patterns
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Opinion
Features
Out for blood - Cooking up an alternative to the red stuff is proving a tough task, says Nell Boyce
Features
Crystal gazing - Outsize crystals made from tiny plastic beads could play a vital role in applications as diverse as optical computers and biosensors, says Philip Ball
Features
Sounds impossible - Reconstructing a sound source from the waves it produces takes nothing less than a mirror that makes time run backwards. Ilan Greenberg discovers how it's done
Features
It's a jungle out there - Why do the biggest business upsets so often take us by surprise? It all makes perfect sense if you think of the market as an ecosystem, says Roger Lewin
Features
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Review : Dolly's big adventure
Books & Arts
Forum : Surfing for the suckers - Snake-oil merchants aren't the only slippery characters working the Web, warns Mark Ward
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Forum : Apes and gorillas are people too - Let's have a millennium celebration for humans and our closest relatives alike, argues John Blatchford
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Review : Global raiders
Books & Arts
Bestsellers : from London
Books & Arts
Review : Collected works - Gail Vines listens in to the best
Books & Arts
Review : Real Indianas
Books & Arts
Review : A flower of his age
Books & Arts
Review : Calling the ball
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Review : Only divide
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Review : Classical heroes
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