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1 April 2006

Issue 2545

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Life begins at N = 40

Life begins at N = 40

Features
Mindless imitation teaches us how to be human

Life

Mindless imitation teaches us how to be human

Features
Moon Special: In search of terrestrial fossils

Life

Moon Special: In search of terrestrial fossils

Features
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It's time to go back

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Moon Special: The ultimate lab

Space

Moon Special: The ultimate lab

Features

Table of contents

News

Device warns you if you're boring or irritating

Life

Device warns you if you're boring or irritating

A DEVICE that can pick up on people's emotions is being developed to help people with autism relate to those around them. It will alert its autistic user if the person they are talking to starts showing signs of getting bored or annoyed. One of the problems facing people with autism is an inability to …

News

Technology

Simulator could predict where epidemics will strike next

News

Technology

Patents go under the hammer

News

Technology

Leaking hydraulic fluid could damage aircraft rudders

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Technology

Beat cybercrime, switch to a virtual wallet

News

Life

Size isn't everything when it comes to intelligence

News

Space

Moonlets hint at Saturn's violent past

News

Space

NASA's Dawn asteroid mission rises again

News

Technology

Britannica hits back at survey by science journal

News

Life

China tops league of loggers

News

60 Seconds

News

Health

Prescribing of hyperactivity drugs is out of control

News

Life

Champion horse sires no fewer than five clones

News

Soundbites

News

Space

Body blow for fans of galaxy's supermagnets

News

Life

Red rain puzzle is still up in the air

News

Space

Dust guard will keep Red Planet's colours true

News

Life

Bacteria use slime jets to get around

News

Life

Extinct lizard flew on delta wing like a fighter jet

News

Health

Groggy mornings fuel desire to smoke

News

Health

Single RNA jab adjusts blood cholesterol

News

Earth

Climate blamed for mass extinctions

News

This week 23 years ago

News

Health

This transgenic little piggy boosts your brain

News

Earth

Quakes show glaciers are melting fast

News

Life

Testes could be an ethically sound source of stem cells

News

Life

Amazon rainforest is greenest during dry season

News

Health

Stress hormone can conquer your fears

News

Health

Horse antibodies could combat a bird flu outbreak

News

Health

Pro-life groups put brakes on improved contraceptive pill

News

Life

Clergy voice their support for evolutionary theory

News

Health

Blood substitute company in trouble over trial data

News

Space

Fire destroys cheap launch rocket

News

Opinion

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Earth

Evangelicals and environmentalists united

RELIGION, like science, helps people understand a complex and uncertain world. Like science, it helps people define priorities and choose lifestyles. And like science, it is full of competing claims made by sincere people struggling to interpret basic truths. Science and religion have not always made easy partners, as exemplified today by Christian fundamentalists opposing …

Opinion

Health

Hidden dangers of failure to diagnose ADHD correctly

Opinion

Earth

Drinking at the west's toxic well

Opinion

Features

Life begins at N = 40

Life begins at N = 40

UNTIL recently, the greatest accolade you could receive in mathematics was a Fields medal – but you had to be quick. Its founder, Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, specified that only those not over 40 were eligible. Although he meant the prize as an incentive for young mathematicians to go on to even greater things, …

Features

Life

Mindless imitation teaches us how to be human

Features

Life

Moon Special: In search of terrestrial fossils

Features

It's time to go back

Features

Space

Moon Special: The ultimate lab

Features

More

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Earth

The weather: A blow by blow account

WEATHER disasters beset us. The quickening rate at which they strike, and the debate about what can be done to reduce human impact on the climate, puts a premium on accessible, up-to-date books on climate change. We need to be informed about the true nature of the scientific evidence of change. How much of it …

Books & Arts

Look on my works...

Books & Arts

The comos within

Books & Arts

Sugar-coat that pill

Books & Arts

UK cancer research renews itself

Careers

Life

The word: The Fezzan

Regulars

Life

What the Muslims gave the world

Books & Arts

Life

Chaos like you've never seen it before

Books & Arts

Regulars

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