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22 June 2002

Issue 2348

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The art of healing

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Eat fat, stay thin

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The art of healing

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On rebel territory

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Safe or sorry

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The grand illusion

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Eat fat, stay thin

OVEREATING doesn't have to lead to obesity, according to research in mice where the metabolic pathway has been successfully blocked. When we eat fat, a hormone known as gastric inhibitory polypeptide, or GIP, helps the fat to be stored efficiently. Yutaka Seino at the University of Kyoto in Japan and colleagues fed high-fat diets to …

News

The big one is back

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Don't spare the blushes

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Slippery when wet

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Bionic fish cake

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If you're not musical now, you never will be

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Why NATO's spy flicks are getting a public airing

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Latterday loom

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Stiff competition

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Putting a spin on it

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Technology

Crush phone bugs

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Technology

Shiny paper foils snoopers

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Technology

A swell time

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Wet Zeppelin

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Men with extra X chromosome father normal children

News

Fly screen

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Brain food?

News

It takes balls

News

Revenge of the killer tomatoes

News

And finally… txt on yr TV

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Tusk tussle

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Breathing space

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Prime suspect

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Nature steps on the gas

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Green rain over India evokes memories of cold war paranoia

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Sink or swim

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Sweet smell of success at banishing pain

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Fathering cancer

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Candle pollution

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Don't sneeze at it

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Why bouncing water droplets keep you dry

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Waiting at the gate

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Ring the changes

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Power of three

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Fields of gold?

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Book of the cow

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Ultimate prize

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Stop 'em before they start

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The debate that won't go away

News

Opinion

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Westminster diary

"SUMMER is icumen in" as the old song goes … so the pollen will soon be flying, and the vexed question of how far genetically modified crops can spread will assume a new significance. Last year, Canadian scientists reported that stray pollen and seed from genetically modified oilseed rape, or canola, is now so widespread …

Opinion

Guilt trips

Opinion

The trouble with facts

Opinion

Aussie rules

Opinion

Won't get fooled again

Opinion

Features

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The art of healing

THE world's largest indoor sculpture is a monumental steel figure called The Acrobat. But you won't find it in a museum or art gallery. It's in London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Just walk past the reception desk—you can't miss it. The 18-metre-high sculpture by Allen Jones, worth £100,000, is not some corporate status symbol. It …

Features

On rebel territory

Features

Safe or sorry

Features

The grand illusion

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Place your bets

WHAT do theoretical physicist Janna Levin and psychiatrist-broadcaster Raj Persaud have in common? A passionate interest in getting complicated ideas across to an interested public, for one thing. So they're worthy judges for this year's Science Book Prize, sponsored by Aventis. Now in its 13th year, this £10,000 award goes to the best populariser of …

Books & Arts

The book of everything

Books & Arts

Blast from the past

Books & Arts

Quest for quinine

Books & Arts

First forty years of space

Books & Arts

Bestsellers

Books & Arts

Desktop Witness: The do's and don'ts of personal computer security by Michael Caloyannides

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

FEEDBACK HAS recently been watching snooker and soccer on TV, all in the interests of science, of course. The excuse is that there is no better way to check the state of play on voice recognition technology. TV stations use voice recognition to subtitle live sports programmes for people who are deaf or hearing-impaired. The …

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