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30 May 1998

Issue 2136

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Oiling the wheels of industry

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Uneasy truce

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The power below

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A new dawn

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Send in the clouds

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Table of contents

News

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Back to Africa

NEW dating of an aboriginal rock shelter has debunked the startling theory that modern humans were living in Australia before they had even left Africa. The dating of stone tools at the Jinmium site in the Northern Territory of Australia had suggested that humans occupied the area 176 000 years ago (New Scientist, 7 December …

News

Lost contact

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A beautiful way to keep bees healthy

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Wasted effort

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Lightning seeds

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Flushing out HIV

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Laughing worms

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Sweet oblivion

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When too much fish makes men infertile

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Orbital sweepstake

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Altered food escapes

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Looks like rain …

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The natural way to repel boarders at sea

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A wasted chance

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Technology

Case history

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Best-laid plans

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Save our spuds

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Blind date

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The right trousers

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Soft option

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Tailor-made treatment

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Early warning

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Rough repairs

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Leading lights

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Live long and prosper

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From harpoon to plate

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A breakdown in communications

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The telltale rush of blood

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Don't hack back

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Technology

Just not cricket

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Technology

Wrist phone race

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Technology

Between the legs

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Intoxicating stuff

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Great shakes

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Male and supermale

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When only the fittest drugs survive

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Guardian angels

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The light programme

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Health heresy

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Test tube fears

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Up and running

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Taking its toll

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Puppy parasites

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Too hot to handle

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Friend turns to foe

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Nice motor...shame about the smell

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Opinion

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Will Bruce save us?

AT the climax of Spielberg's latest production Deep Impact, a 2-kilometre wide fragment of a comet plunges into the Atlantic, creating a 300-metre high tidal wave which tears into New York. Spectacular mayhem follows as the Statue of Liberty loses her head and skyscrapers tumble. Most of the population of the East Coast of the …

Opinion

Features

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Oiling the wheels of industry

Few industries offer the sheer diversity of employment that is available in the oil industry. It's a global industry in which the key players are vast multinational concerns. From exploration and production to manufacturing and through to selling products at the petrol station and elsewhere, the lists of occupations and specialisms of those working in …

Features

Uneasy truce

Features

The power below

Features

A new dawn

Features

Send in the clouds

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More

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Ignorance reigns at the micro level

HANDS up all those who know that Melbourne hosted a world technology summit earlier this month. Few hands are raised, yet the topic of the meeting was something which will have a profound impact on our lives—micromachines. The event was the Fourth World Micromachine Summit held at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and it …

Forum

Time for thinking

Books & Arts

X-ray eyes

Books & Arts

Bounty hunters

Books & Arts

War torn

Books & Arts

Twitcher's testimony

Books & Arts

Comets by David Levy

Books & Arts

The man who loved pigeons

Books & Arts

from Oxford

Books & Arts

Prize reviews

Books & Arts

Collected works

Books & Arts

A word in your ear, Minister

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Getting the whole picture

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Time for time

Books & Arts

Time for feelings

Books & Arts

Cleanliness and godliness

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

THIS WEEK we continue our report from San Francisco, where Feedback has been spending 10 days in New Scientist's new office next to the Bay Bridge. In due course, we will reveal how the magic of the town allowed Feedback to become a Mexican, but first we report on museums, the spin-offs from space research …

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