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8 August 1998

Issue 2146

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Too darned hot

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Doomed sea wins reprieve

Opinion

A double-edged sword
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Too darned hot

Features
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In the eye of the beholder

Features
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Queen of the night

Features
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A gut feeling

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News

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Doomed sea wins reprieve

THE Dead Sea may live, say scientists in Jerusalem. Diversion of the River Jordan to supply cities and agriculture has lowered the water level by 20 metres since the early 1960s, and there were fears that the inland sea could disappear completely. Its surface—already 410 metres below sea level—is the lowest point above water on …

News

Too hot to handle

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Old wounds

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Galactic births

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Scent of a woman

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Painless memories

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Safety first

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Open windows

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Algal gloom

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In case of nuclear meltdown, pop a pill

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Change of heart

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Space mirror grounded

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Copies of forged signatures don't fool experts

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Rain, rain, go away...

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Joining the dots

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Forgetful eyes

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Prime mover

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Come hither

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Pliable plastic makes like a snake

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Money for old rock

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We don't want to know

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A distaste for spam could be worth a fortune

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Silicon dreams

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Winds of change

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Fizz box

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Cutting edge

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A little vibration keeps you smiling

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Tunnel vision

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Grime buster

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Smooth as sulky

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On the move

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Waste not

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Strange behaviour

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Deadly diet

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Plenty makes room for two

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Inner circles

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Technology

Kill the flicker

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Technology

Awake to the quake

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Technology

Sound solution

News

Back for more

News

So far, so good…

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Cereal killer targets potato blight

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Prepare for lift off

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Trial and error

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Deals on wheels

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Martian devils

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Vaccine bites back

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Feel the beat

News

Opinion

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A double-edged sword

WHO on earth who would choose to have a pig's heart transplanted into them if they could avoid it? The jokes would be bad enough. Just think: every time you ate too much or answered a question with a grunt, some clever devil would be ready with a merry quip. And the current fashion for …

Opinion

Features

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Too darned hot

WALKING out on the tundra with half a tonne of angry polar bear jogging towards you is disconcerting. But after a minute or two the bear, still a couple of hundred metres away, begins to slow, shakes himself, staggers, sways and finally goes down with eyes blinking, tongue wagging and lips twitching. By the time …

Features

In the eye of the beholder

Features

Queen of the night

Features

A gut feeling

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Who's killing the past?

SUNBATHING, windsurfing and the quest for a perfect local restaurant hold little allure for some holidaymakers. Maps and compasses, not snorkels, fill the luggage of this mysterious tribe—the devotees of archaeology. They had better get in quickly, because archaeological sites around the world are falling victim to vandals, souvenir hunters and development. In England alone, …

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Vital statistics

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Could a giant wave strike Queensland?

Forum

Cliffhangers

Books & Arts

Dream teems

Books & Arts

Nice and nasty

Books & Arts

Organisation man

Books & Arts

All shall watch all

Books & Arts

Book and learn

Books & Arts

Oxford Biological

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Fight back

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Planned health

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Chirpy

Books & Arts

A cosmic primer

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Regulars

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Feedback

COMPUTERS , as we all know, are wonderful things, but they continue to baffle readers with the inscrutability of the messages they flash up when something goes wrong. Here's a new batch of examples sent in over past weeks. Some of the messages are simply incomprehensible. While loading Microsoft Backup for Windows 95, Ian Chisholm …

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