Issue 2307 | Magazine cover date: 8 September 2001

8 September 2001

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Features

Let them eat cake

News

Muscling out America's freshwater scourge

Opinion

Plant with care!

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Let them eat cake

Features

Destination Mars

Features

Fighting fit

Features

Stalking the mock turtle

Features

Batteries not included

Features

News

Muscling out America's freshwater scourge

A DAILY dose of radio waves may help destroy invasive zebra mussels, the tiny freshwater molluscs from Europe that are clogging up the waterways of North America. Zebra mussels are native to the Baltic countries and Russia, and only reached the US and Canada in 1988. Unfortunately they thrived in their new habitat and spread …

News

Beauty and the beast

News

Phwoah, what's that smell?

News

Crush the mush

News

Live and let live

News

Dumbo goes diving

News

Reluctant guardian

News

Third time lucky

News

Zap that missile

News

Destination space

News

Gently does it

News

Technology

Food fakes

News

Technology

See more, pay less

News

Technology

Sound the alarm

News

Rage against rat runs

News

Desperately seeking charlie

News

Lives in the balance

News

Rescue me

News

Are you being served?

News

Happy landings

News

If the flames don't get you, the poison will

News

Don't worry about it

News

All doped up

News

Death by sulphur

News

Mating by numbers

News

Liver lifeline

News

Rats run riot when the glaciers shrink

News

Sticky fingers

News

Line 'em up

News

Dose of clover

News

Back from the brink

News

English lessons

News

Piggy patches

News

See you in court

News

Loud and clear

News

Bright lights lead to restful sleep

News

Glimmer from the Milky Way's heart of darkness

News

Mistaken identity

News

Nice work if you can get it

News

Erie mystery

News

3G phones are here

News

Beating the sugar rush

News

The enemy within

News

What the future holds

News

Sound of silence

News

Opinion

Plant with care!

FIRST the bad news. Soaring levels of CO 2 are already contributing to soaring allergy rates—and it's going to get much worse. Allergies have increased from between 2 and 5 per cent of the world's population in the 1950s to almost 40 per cent now. And every year the number of deaths from asthma continues …

Opinion

WESTMINSTER DIARY

Opinion

In the heat of the night

Opinion

How many's a crowd?

Opinion

Six months and counting

Opinion

Features

Let them eat cake

The ice cream tasted like an emulsion of finely ground plaster, but the tea and cakes were fine. The decor featured mirrored walls and colourful lithographs by Edward Ardizzone. And then there were the waitresses: black dress, white collar, white pinafore and smart but silly cap. "Nippies", they were called: a patronising epithet that raised …

Features

Destination Mars

Features

Fighting fit

Features

Stalking the mock turtle

Features

Batteries not included

Features

When being green just isn't natural

The Forgiveness of Nature by Graham Harvey, Jonathan Cape, £17.99, ISBN 0224060473 IT'S just green stuff you walk on, isn't it? "Sacrilege!" cries the cricketer, baseball fan or rabid follower of football. Grass is the altar of performance. Their grassy games are virtual religions, their pitches are hallowed. Early football games were played on a …

Books & Arts

Model citizens

Books & Arts

Hurry while flocks last

Books & Arts

Island of bones

Books & Arts

Bestsellers

Books & Arts

Where did we come from?

Books & Arts

Sounds like mean spirit

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

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This week's magazine

8 September 2001

On the cover

Let them eat cake

Destination Mars

Fighting fit

Stalking the mock turtle

Batteries not included

Table of contents

News

Muscling out America's freshwater scourge

Beauty and the beast

Phwoah, what's that smell?

Crush the mush

Live and let live

Dumbo goes diving

Reluctant guardian

Third time lucky

Zap that missile

Destination space

Gently does it

Technology

Food fakes

Technology

See more, pay less

Technology

Sound the alarm

Rage against rat runs

Desperately seeking charlie

Lives in the balance

Rescue me

Are you being served?

Happy landings

If the flames don't get you, the poison will

Don't worry about it

All doped up

Death by sulphur

Mating by numbers

Liver lifeline

Rats run riot when the glaciers shrink

Sticky fingers

Line 'em up

Dose of clover

Back from the brink

English lessons

Piggy patches

See you in court

Loud and clear

Bright lights lead to restful sleep

Glimmer from the Milky Way's heart of darkness

Mistaken identity

Nice work if you can get it

Erie mystery

3G phones are here

Beating the sugar rush

The enemy within

What the future holds

Sound of silence

Opinion

Plant with care!

WESTMINSTER DIARY

In the heat of the night

How many's a crowd?

Six months and counting

Features

Let them eat cake

Destination Mars

Fighting fit

Stalking the mock turtle

Batteries not included

More

When being green just isn't natural

Model citizens

Hurry while flocks last

Island of bones

Bestsellers

Where did we come from?

Sounds like mean spirit

Regulars

Feedback