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13 March 1999

Issue 2177

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Just add water

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Just add water

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Meme, Myself, I

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Massive attack

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Liquid genius

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Waspish males

BEING male doesn't count for much among social insects, unless you happen to be a wasp called Mischocyttarus mastigophorus from Central America. The males of this species spend much of their time chasing and even biting females, Sean O'Donnell of the University of Washington in Seattle reports in a forthcoming issue of Ethology. He says …

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In the blood

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Hard stuff

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Hormone shield

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Fat chance of success on a muesli diet

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Storm warning

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Bitter Pill

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Ozone oversight

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Far flung

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Technology

Scare stories

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Blinded by science

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Dust spells danger for young minds

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Light fantastic

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Heaven scent

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Gene world's bad guys revamp their image

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Alpine whiteout

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The new wave

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Inside information

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The plight of the bumblebee

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Cold storage

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Digging the dirt on age

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Varnishing trick

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Nanotriumph

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Reflect on this

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Behind you!

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All for one and one for all

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Gene feud

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Lament for the wild

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Gutcha!

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Viagra doesn't do it for women

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Spring clean

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Be calm

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Flying into danger

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All about Eve …

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Looking sharp

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The big one lurking beneath LA

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Blooming marvellous

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Loose WIRE

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E-confusion

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Are your secrets safe?

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Sex pheromone could save thousands

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It looks like a bug . . .

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Technology

An ear for music

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Technology

Eat your words

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Technology

Faking it

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Now hear this

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Light show

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Opinion

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Blame it on the memes

THIS WEEK's magazine should probably carry a health warning. After all, it is full of information that has been cunningly designed to act rather like a virus. Once infected, you will feel compelled to pass the information on to others who, in turn, will tell their friends, and so on. It sounds disturbing, but remember …

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Features

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Just add water

IF YOU believe that oil and water don't mix, it's time to meet Keith Johnson. Recently retired as a professor of materials physics at MIT, Johnson has succeeded where many have failed—by combining diesel fuel with tap water to form a mixture that cuts pollution, maintains engine efficiency and works in existing engines. His fuel …

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Meme, Myself, I

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Massive attack

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Liquid genius

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Here comes the sun

THINGS MUST be looking up for renewable energy in Australia, if an industrialist can tell a public meeting that government targets for its introduction are far too modest. That's exactly what happened at the Switching on the Sunshine State conference in Brisbane last week. The marketing manager of the Green Energy Corporation, Jack Taylor, said …

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The turn of the screw

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I remember it well

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Go organic

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Cosmic sense

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One Renegade Cell by Robert Weinberg and other books

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Building sites

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Prime Lakatos

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Growth guide

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Jams today

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The right chemistry

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Dolly mixtures

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I'll patent that

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Master class

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Chemistry set

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Third rock from the Sun

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The naked cosmos

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Feedback

WHO says pen and paper have had their day? A friend of Feedback's who works for a techno-conscious multinational company recently took part in a video conference linking offices on either side of the Atlantic. When she logged on, the meeting was already in full swing, but there was a slight problem: her American colleagues …

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