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5 December 1998

Issue 2163

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Bats out of hell

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Pirates ahoy

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Swimming or drowning?
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Bats out of hell

Features
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Gripping chemistry

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The human worm

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March of the biobots

Features

Table of contents

News

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Pirates ahoy

PLANS by "rogue" fishing boats to catch a protected species in the South Atlantic are threatening to undermine the Antarctic Treaty, which was designed to protect the continent from exploitation. The New Zealand government has warned that seven boats—all from countries that are party to the treaty—are preparing to fish illegally for the Mawson codfish …

News

Killing the housekeepers

News

Floral pioneers were blooming ugly

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Island retreat

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Under cover

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High fliers

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Rivals go their own way on mini videos

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Palmtop plunder

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Technology

By hook or by crook

News

Technology

Wise toothbrush

News

Technology

Underwater parking

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Teething troubles

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Stolen footprints

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Mars sponsorship

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Back on track

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Angel in disguise

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Sweltering in Siberia

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Portrait of an artist

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When money eats a hole in your stomach

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Barren gene

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Fast and fertile

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Resistible rise

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Blow your mind

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Rare Earth

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The fish that used spare parts to get ahead

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Space calling

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Genesis of a killer

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Body blow

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Something nasty in the air...

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I spy a planet

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Read the label

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Technology

Traffic update

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Censors censured

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Innocent bystanders

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Designer tags

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Videos go hyper

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Your eyes only

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Breaking the mould

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Heavy duty

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Fill up for a punchier picture

News

Selling the family secrets

News

Does Alzheimer's bully brain cells?

News

Breathe easy

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Spooky trio to explore the quantum Universe

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Song lines

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Fresh air

News

Opinion

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Swimming or drowning?

NEARLY 25 years ago, Iceland decided that the world was taking liberties with its cod. The result was a scrap over fishing rights which, to the delight of small nations everywhere, Iceland eventually won. Today the island is at the centre of a storm over who should be allowed to trawl the nation's gene pool …

Opinion

Dear Bill, please lift the ban . . .

Opinion

Features

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Bats out of hell

EBOLA in Australia? Unlikely, you might think. After all, Australia is an island continent, well isolated from the rest of the world's dangerous diseases. Rabies, known in the Middle East since 2300 BC and present on every other inhabited continent, has never made the leap to Australia. And as far as anyone knows, the nearest …

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Technology

Gripping chemistry

Features

The human worm

Features

March of the biobots

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Before the cement sets

The New Zealand Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) held its Outcomes Conference in Wellington Town Hall in the last week of November. Through the magic of modern technology, I saw the slides of presentations and heard an audio feed of the conference through my computer in Brisbane. James Buwalda, head of MoRST, spelled …

Forum

Thistle diary

Forum

Take a left here

Books & Arts

Glass works

Books & Arts

Word of Steven

Books & Arts

Spreading the word

Books & Arts

The Titanic and other tales

Books & Arts

Immortal longings

Forum

A sorry tale

Forum

Paris disrobed

Books & Arts

Free thinking

Books & Arts

from Oxford

Books & Arts

Hot and cold war

Books & Arts

A life of facts

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

THE BEST attitude to take if you find yourself in hospital after an accident is "Not my fault, guv". This is what Dieter Frey, a Munich psychologist, discovered when he interviewed accident victims at the University Clinic in Kiel, then followed up their treatment and recovery. His 300 subjects were injured at work, driving or …

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