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WHO's way to health

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Masters of the Universe

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Stuff or nonsense?

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The great annihilators

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Space

Black holes

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Holes in one

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Table of contents

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WHO's way to health

HIGH blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy and asthma—the list of the most common ailments in this particular clinic is unremarkable. What's surprising is that the setting is rural Tanzania. The clinic is one of four set up by George Alberti of Britain's Royal College of Physicians and his colleague Nigel Unwin of the University of Newcastle …

News

Technology

Defective argument

News

Sticking point

News

Nurture compounds nature in early arrivals

News

The drifters

News

Mother's calling

News

Mechanical colours

News

The biggest berg

News

In the blood

News

Decorative dating

News

Filling the bowl

News

Big baby boon

News

A brake on copper

News

Drug Net

News

How flying insects reap the whirlwind

News

Jumbo discovery

News

Giant killers

News

Ivory that tells a tale of prehistoric tragedy

News

Fluid switching

News

Space band-aid

News

Rubber coating stops the clots

News

Book fax

News

Space shake-out

News

Golden poison

News

Double trouble

News

Earth

Tidal warming

News

Alien impact

News

Technology

Not so final straws

News

Technology

Rapid ascent

News

Technology

A hole lot safer

News

French fried

News

Power house

News

Seize control

News

Crash landing

News

Virulent blight

News

Spotlight on cells

News

Formidable froth

News

Plastic skin keeps satellites safe

News

Darth evaders

News

Handy guide

News

Vive la différence

News

Opinion

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Humans

Westminster Diary

ROB EDWARDS has drawn attention to the heinous devices which could sweep future battlefields (New Scientist, 4 December 1999, p 14). His list included sound beams to liquefy the enemies' bowels, sticky foams to fix foes to the ground, capture nets that cut, chemically burn and electrically shock opponents, and microwaves to disorientate your adversaries' …

Opinion

Talking chip design

Opinion

God of the norns

Opinion

Clarity at stake

Opinion

Genetic code should be forever free

Opinion

Going for gold

Opinion

Features

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Masters of the Universe

AT THE heart of every galaxy lies a dark despot. Unseen by its minions, it holds sway over the billions of solar systems that stretch for thousands of light years beyond. It was there before any of them were born, and it is already shaping their future. These tyrants are giant black holes, so heavy …

Features

Stuff or nonsense?

Features

The great annihilators

Features

Space

Black holes

Features

Holes in one

Features

More

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Ancient remnants

Anyone who thinks that fossils are boring should take a look at The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. It is full of beautiful and accurate illustrations of hundreds of vertebrate animals from millions of years ago, and every detail has been gleaned from fossil remains. It is also natural history, so you …

Books & Arts

Beans in their prime

Books & Arts

Capturing sound

Books & Arts

Tall tales

Books & Arts

Happy returns

Books & Arts

One of a kind

Books & Arts

Life On Other Worlds and How to Find It by Stuart Clark

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

A COUPLE of weeks ago, while handing out the National Medals of Science and Technology in the East Room of the White House, President Clinton shared his favourite example of "a practical gain from a scientific advance". It seems that astronaut Neil Armstrong presented him with a lump of Moon rock to keep on loan …

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