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2 November 2002

Issue 2367

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Dr Coley's famous fever

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Top dogs

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Glacial meltdown threatens people downstream

Features
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The only way is up

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Humans with altitude

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Trouble at the top

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Table of contents

News

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Moths use colour to see flowers at night

A NOCTURNAL moth has become the first animal known to see colours in the dead of night. The moth uses this visual talent to find yellow, nectar-packed flowers in the dark, but the finding suggests that other species also use colour vision at night. Nocturnal moths were thought to find flowers by looking for bright …

News

A fountain that cleans as it sparkles

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Stop, start progress for Americas' first settlers

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Healthy living

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Venus lock down

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Time drags when danger looms

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Walking on shaky shoes

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Come here often?

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Brain teaser

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Concentration fix

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Weighty extra dimensions

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Telltale stream of bubbles could prove your swimsuit is the real McCoy

News

Why wine buffs never forget a scent

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We hear that…

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Alien world spotted through star dust

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Setting sail with the light stuff

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A collective stomach drives wasp society

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Magic pool table turns you into a wizard potter

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Technology

Cracking up

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Technology

On the right track

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Technology

Who goes there?

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The ultimate domino rally

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Popular herbicide may gender bend wild frogs

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Sounds like he's innocent

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Vaccine blunts virus's sting

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Swirling hot water on the ocean floor may have given evolution a kick-start

News

Fresh safety probe for shuttle fleet

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Dispatches

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Medicine

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Diesel's dirty green surprise

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HIV's family tree helps to convict ex-lover of attempted murder

News

Holiday in orbit for the price of a car

News

Soundbites

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Drug beats sleep?

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Which drugs can stun a crowd in seconds?

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Secret gas changes face of urban war

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Opinion

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Humans

Westminster diary

MPs returning from a visit to Asia have told me that before they experienced this year's smog in the region, they would never have realised how appalling it is. Even striking pictures such as that in New Scientist (17 August, p 8), don't convey the true horrors. A major political problem is that Asian countries …

Opinion

The word love darts

Opinion

Runner's high

Opinion

Brain teaser

Opinion

A Russian tragedy

Opinion

Features

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Dr Coley's famous fever

Dr William Coley was astonished. The man's medical records were quite clear. His case was hopeless. In the space of three years, the man had had five operations to remove a tumour from his neck. The last was a failure: it was impossible to remove the whole tumour. He would die soon. As if that …

Features

Top dogs

Features

Glacial meltdown threatens people downstream

Features

The only way is up

Features

Humans with altitude

Features

Trouble at the top

Features

More

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Sweet home Amazonia

Amazon Sweet Sea by Nigel Smith, University of Texas Press, $39.95, ISBN 0292777701 Reviewed by Adrian Barnett ASK most tropical biologists to name the most denuded part of Amazonia, and the chances are they'll say "Pará, the mouth of the Amazon" or "Anywhere near Belém". It makes sense – one of the first areas colonised …

Books & Arts

Art of the smart

Books & Arts

Moonstruck

Books & Arts

Adam Hart-Davis

Books & Arts

Peter Atkins

Books & Arts

The Extravagant Universe by Robert Kirschner

Books & Arts

Charlie is our darling

Books & Arts

Be nice to bees

Books & Arts

God was his answer

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

THE WEB is abuzz with speculation over the identity of the eccentric and diligent writer of the reviews posted on amazon.com under the name of Henry Raddick. The reviews have gained legendary status partly because of the range of books Raddick manages to cover – the Handbook of Meat Product Technology by Michael D. Ranken …

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