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29 April 2006

Issue 2549

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Editor's picks

Love special: Reflections of the divine

Life

Love special: Reflections of the divine

Features
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Life

Would like to meet

Features
Gravity: Were Newton and Einstein wrong?

Space

Gravity: Were Newton and Einstein wrong?

Features
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Humans

Love special: Obsession and stalking

Features
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Life

Love special: If I can't have you...

Features
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Life

Love special: Same sex, different rules

Features
Love special: Modern romance

Life

Love special: Modern romance

Features
Love special: Six ways to woo your lover

Life

Love special: Six ways to woo your lover

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Love special: How to pick a perfect mate

Life

Love special: How to pick a perfect mate

Features
Love special: Secrets of long-term love

Life

Love special: Secrets of long-term love

Features
Love special: What is this thing called love?

Life

Love special: What is this thing called love?

Features

Table of contents

News

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Space

Dark matter detector finds tiny cracks instead

A CHANCE discovery by cosmologists searching for dark matter – the elusive stuff thought to make up most of the mass in the universe – could lead to the development of an ultra-sensitive probe that can spot cracks in materials opening up, even when they're only a few atoms long. Dark matter detectors at the …

News

Space

Will a flying carpet take us to Pluto?

News

Technology

Cryptography moves up a gear

News

Technology

Motorbikes get a special glow

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Technology

A universal translator in your pocket

News

Technology

Tattoos made of 'disappearing' ink

News

Earth

Drill digs deeper than ever into Earth's crust

News

Space

Cosmic calculator goes the distance

News

Life

Pushy hyenas are made in the womb

News

Life

Self-medicating sheep shake off the 'stupid' label

News

Health

A timely way to banish SAD

News

Life

Cracking Colombia's genetic mystery

News

Life

Subliminal advertising may work after all

News

Health

A step closer to solving therapy's cancer riddle

News

Space

Universal constant, constant no more?

News

Technology

Iran's nukes – more politics than reality

News

Health

Vaccines at birth come a step closer

News

Life

Variations in the genetic code of life

News

Life

Wind turbines send wildlife diving for cover

News

Life

For women, food is food for thought

News

This week 35 years ago

News

Health

Medical marijuana suffers knock in US

News

Soundbites

News

Health

Do drug firm links sway psychiatry?

News

Earth

China struggling to catch its breath

News

Life

Return of the wild dog

News

60 Seconds

News

Earth

Pakistan quake forgotten by the world

News

Life

Where's Mecca from orbit?

News

Life

Drug to protect babies from HIV creates resistance

News

Space

Study 'proves' big bang never happened

News

Call for biowar on drugs

News

Opinion

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Earth

Modernising the developing world

THE Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve is unique in western Mexico for the richness of its biodiversity, boasting some 2700 species of plant, 560 of wildlife and a third of the country's native birds. It is also home to 30,000 very poor people, with no access to mains electricity or running water. The challenge for …

Opinion

Physics

Editorial: Breaking the 'laws' of nature

Opinion

Features

Love special: Reflections of the divine

Life

Love special: Reflections of the divine

What is compassionate love, in the religious context? It is about feeling with someone, rather than just for them. You try to put yourself in their shoes, to enter into their situation. It comes from your intestines. Biblically, it comes from the desire to try to do something to change the situation that invoked your …

Features

Life

Would like to meet

Features

Space

Gravity: Were Newton and Einstein wrong?

Features

Humans

Love special: Obsession and stalking

Features

Life

Love special: If I can't have you...

Features

Life

Love special: Same sex, different rules

Features

Life

Love special: Modern romance

Features

Life

Love special: Six ways to woo your lover

Features

Life

Love special: How to pick a perfect mate

Features

Life

Love special: Secrets of long-term love

Features

Life

Love special: What is this thing called love?

Features

Regulars

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Feedback

Microwave time machine HERE is a piece of research of potentially great significance. It began when Jeff Lander was having dinner at his sister's home. She had gone back into the kitchen to microwave the pudding. Then she shouted out: "What time do I cook it for? The package says 3 minutes for a 650-watt …

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Letters

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