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16 June 2001

Issue 2295

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The great tooth robbery

News

Beware the duckbot

Opinion

Westminster diary

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The great tooth robbery

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Feeling lucky?

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The kingdoms of Gaia

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A mind under siege

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Virtually human

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Table of contents

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Beware the duckbot

The duckweed that smothers ponds faces a new and deadly enemy: a ravenous solar-powered duck. Invented by Alex Smith of Solar Solutions Fountains in Kington, Herefordshire, the duckbot comprises a floating waterwheel which scoops up the surface vegetation as it ambles about the pond. The wheel is turned by a trickle of water falling onto …

News

Pen me an e-mail

News

Rock around the bench

News

The light elastic

News

Technology

Foam alone

News

Technology

Nuclear purity

News

Technology

Snap happy

News

Sound bytes

News

Super skin

News

They know the face that feeds them

News

I'll drink to that

News

One a month

News

All quiet on Mars

News

Pinhead laser

News

Best nest

News

Twist and scout

News

Rogue on the loose

News

Dining in the dark

News

New tyres for Concorde

News

Mission improbable

News

Big wind

News

Hear my song

News

Zeta has a big belt too

News

Killer gas

News

Whodunnit

News

As safe as it gets?

News

Space

Birth of a quasar

News

Deep freeze

News

Minke whales are out for the count

News

Spintastic!

News

Lights out

News

Fate of the flamingo

News

Picture this

News

Into the lion's den

News

Thwack!

News

Taking the pee

News

Was mystery explosion a secret nuclear test?

News

In the firing line

News

Red alert

News

Gently does it

News

Fair-weather friends

News

Opinion

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Westminster diary

Last week Britain went to the polls. Now it's time for our chosen party to get down to business. Next Wednesday that government must decide what aspects of its election manifesto it will attempt to implement in the first parliamentary session. Because it was a summer election, the first session will run for 13 months—far …

Opinion

An identity crisis?

Opinion

Think of a number

Opinion

Fingerprints in the dock

Opinion

Getting warmer

Opinion

Features

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The great tooth robbery

The night of 18 June 1815 was one to remember. After 23 years of war in Europe, Napoleon faced the combined might of England, Holland and Prussia at Waterloo. By 10 pm, the battle was over. The French were defeated and 50,000 men lay dead or wounded on the battlefield. The casualties were high but …

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Feeling lucky?

Features

The kingdoms of Gaia

Features

A mind under siege

Features

Virtually human

Features

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Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction by Charles Wynn and Arthur Wiggins

Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction by Charles Wynn and Arthur Wiggins, Joseph Henry Press, $18.95, ISBN 030907309X A BELIEF in fairies is clearly dotty. So is a belief in foretelling the future by tarot cards. Both are too far beyond the pale to be worth demolishing. Nevertheless, in Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction …

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Grok this now!

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Earth's everlasting scars

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The amazing weather machine

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It can't go on like this

Books & Arts

Worldwide wish

Books & Arts

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The Last Word

Dead weight Question : My school class wants to know why corpses sunk in water eventually float to the surface. Answer : Part of my work involves recovering bodies from the River Clyde and surrounding waterways. Over the years, I have recovered around a thousand bodies that have spent between a few days and two …

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