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23 December 2000

Issue 2270

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The Christmas Quiz

Seeds of dispute

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The Christmas Quiz

Features

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Hang the DJ

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Sticking power

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Faster faster

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Scary spice

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Naked truth

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GAME ON

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All that jazz

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Space bar

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The nightmare before Christmas

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Bah Humbug

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It started with a kiss

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The joy of socks

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Earth

Designer snowflakes

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Table of contents

News

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Life

Seeds of dispute

BUNGLES and mix-ups throughout 2000 did little to allay public fears about genetically modified crops. Even in the US, a costly food scare has dented industry's enthusiasm for GM products, while the fact that such an incident can happen has raised serious concerns about food safety. In May, hundreds of farmers in Britain, France and …

News

Physics

LEP's long goodbye

News

Lost city found

News

Toothy sushi

News

Five-a-side cooking

News

Blinking rings

News

Foolproof film

News

Waddling isn't as silly as it looks

News

Dopey sperm

News

Holly hunters

News

Twin gene

News

Nose everything

News

Life

Shot in the heart

News

Life

Slap on the bugs

News

Life

Biting back at cancer

News

The big crunch

News

In a paddy

News

Technology

Steady as she glows

News

Technology

Plant a beer garden

News

Technology

Working in a vacuum

News

Toxic duvet

News

Bigfoot's buttocks

News

Born into danger

News

Healing dose

News

Beef à la dynamite

News

Yes, I remember it well

News

Life

We're not dead yet, say mutant flies

News

Foundry fathers

News

Shuttle fleet plagued by wear and tear

News

O Tannenbaum

News

A real pearly queen

News

Hard hitting

News

Reinventing the eel

News

No room for Nelly

News

Warmer than ever

News

Opinion

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How smart is that?

WE'VE all seen the movie. Super-intelligent machines are about to inherit the Earth. And we're going to end up as members of an underclass that makes Waterworld look like Pleasantville. Clearly time to make the turkey sandwiches, crack open a can, sit back and enjoy the silliness. Unfortunately, the current advocates of this idea are …

Opinion

Washington diary

Opinion

King of spin

Opinion

Space odyssey

Opinion

Features

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The Christmas Quiz

THE year began with a global party as the world celebrated the start of a new millennium—apart from a few numerate dissidents who believe the millennium starts in 2001. The year ended with a step back in time. The vagaries of the punch card, a digital technology straight out of the 19th century, look likely …

Features

Hang the DJ

Features

Sticking power

Features

Faster faster

Features

Scary spice

Features

Naked truth

Features

GAME ON

Features

All that jazz

Features

Space bar

Features

The nightmare before Christmas

Features

Bah Humbug

Features

It started with a kiss

Features

The joy of socks

Features

Earth

Designer snowflakes

Features

More

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Health

Hopes dashed

ON THE plus side, drug treatment for HIV is being refined, AIDS-related deaths in Britain and the US are falling, and a few months ago doctors started clinical tests of the much-vaunted Oxford/Nairobi HIV vaccine. So why does so much gloom still surround HIV? In a nutshell, the worst-affected countries can't afford the drugs—and the …

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Health

Europe admits it's mad

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Earth

Water, water

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Gene jigsaw

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Frozen to the core

Books & Arts

Listen with Dawkins

Books & Arts

Modern alchemy

Books & Arts

Winners and losers

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Regulars

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Feedback

MANY people feel their pets are part of the family, so naturally they want to send them Christmas cards. But Stephen Hoy, a Michigan inventor, observes perceptively that "pets do not get any enjoyment out of receiving such a card". So he has patented "edible animal greetings cards" made of delicacies appropriate for the species …

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Regulars

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