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Jet-propelled tuna

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The heat is on

Opinion

A matter of Trust

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Jet-propelled tuna

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Out of a clear blue sky

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The gene police

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Mind of a dog

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Table of contents

News

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The heat is on

GLOBAL warming is accelerating faster than climate modellers predicted. Back in 1995, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, predicted that global temperatures would rise between 1 °C and 3.5 °C during the 21st century if present trends continued. But things have got hotter, with the mercury climbing to new highs. Thomas Karl, director of the …

News

Homegrown heart

News

A pinch of power

News

Follow that stink

News

All too human

News

No quick fix

News

Nuclear sabotage

News

Martians can vanish without leaving a trace

News

Magic sponge

News

Roadside refuge

News

Did the Polar Lander forget to put its brakes on?

News

Technology

Currency affairs

News

Possums on the Pill

News

Bursting bubbles inspire curvaceous clothes

News

It's a steal

News

Nature's assassin

News

Mosquito toast

News

Wearable fuel

News

Surf the small screen

News

Salty secrets of shrunken testicles

News

Summer of the WIMPs

News

Follow me

News

Sickening smell

News

Prowling the skies

News

A little light healing

News

Linesmen just can't help getting it wrong

News

Damage limitation

News

Technology

Bags of room

News

Technology

Tree standing

News

Technology

You are here

News

A million albums on a single organic disc

News

Wurst case scenario

News

Blasted dummies

News

Life

Gimme shelter

News

Is it or isn't it?

News

Billboard in orbit

News

Satellite reprieved

News

Charges dropped

News

High Society

News

Tights fight the flab

News

Opinion

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A matter of Trust

WHEN it was established in 1997, the National Heritage Trust (NHT) was heralded by the Howard government as the biggest environmental repair programme in Australia's history. The allocation of A$1.25 billion to thousands of projects was the political sugar used to coat the pill of selling 49 per cent of Telstra. Now a mid-term review …

Opinion

Tobacco wars

Opinion

Westminster Diary

Opinion

Battle stations

Opinion

Where angels fear to tread

Opinion

Now hear this

Opinion

Just give us the facts

Opinion

Features

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Jet-propelled tuna

"THIS," says Michael Triantafyllou reverently, "is a tuna." He thrusts an object the size of a four-year-old child into the arms of a visitor to his lab. It isn't a real tuna, just a fibreglass cast, but Triantafyllou's enthusiasm for its streamlined form almost brings it to life. He conducts a nose-to-tail tour of the …

Features

Out of a clear blue sky

Features

The gene police

Features

Mind of a dog

Features

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Books & Arts

Much ado about Nothing

Books & Arts

The sky's the limit

Books & Arts

Multiple choice

Books & Arts

Dear Michael

Books & Arts

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Feedback

HI-FI buffs do like their little tweaks. Remember the infamous advice to freeze CDs and mark them with green ink? This was alleged to improve the sound quality and was backed up by supposedly scientific evidence. Large companies usually steer clear of such nonsense, but it seems that Sony has fallen into the trap. The …

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