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11 November 1995

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Are we smart enough to save this bird?

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ENIGMA: No.848 Not-so-ambiguous clock

Opinion

Skills we can count on

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Are we smart enough to save this bird?

Features

How the Soviet seas were lost

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Creators of the forty-seventh chromosome

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Beyond flesh & blood

Features

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ENIGMA: No.848 Not-so-ambiguous clock

BELINDA'S birthday present from Anne was a clock. It's a very accurate clock, and one whose hands point, at any given time, exactly where they should point at that time. But the clock does have one drawback: by some whim of fashion its minute and hour hands are identical in appearance. Belinda telephoned Anne: "It's …

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Technology

Wooden actors take the star roles

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Planet probes travel light

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Netropolitan – vmail

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Netropolitan – CU-SeeMe video conferencing

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Netropolitan – The School of Visual Art

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Netropolitan – where to find us

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The cultured way to make baby food safer

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Technology

TV's strange case of the missing channels

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Technology

A lift for low-rise hydropower

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Technology

Dive, dive and I'll connect you to Siberia

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Technology

Design your own catalyst

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Spinning cloud hits galaxy theories

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Evolution's islands in the sky

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A quiet dinner and then the theatre

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Diluted ocean threatens Western Europe's weather

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Boning up on ancient elephants

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Green confusion

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Foot tickler

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Burning soles

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The killing reefs

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Shallow breaths make life a wheeze

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Did falling comet cause rumble in the jungle?

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Big wheel rolls back the molecular frontier

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Global warming cuts no ice in Greenland

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The island where fish had their chips

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Just say 'non' to drugged driving

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Back on target

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Species rescue

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Far-flung pollen raises spectre of superweed

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Teamwork is the name of the game

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Your country needs you to count meteors

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The EGGs where stars are hatched

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World ban in sight for persistent pollutants

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Low marks for 'woolly' maths curriculum

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Victims of rabbit virus plan to sue

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Experts blow cold on climate claims

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Not yodelling but drowning

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Surfers stem tide of junk e-mail

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US bomb testers go to the brink

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Opinion

Skills we can count on

THE DECLINE in British people's ability to do simple calculations is a depressingly rich source of anecdotes. There is the carpet salesman who gave a price for one metre of carpet but couldn't say how much 10 metres would cost. And the shop assistant who, when handed two items, refused to sell them because the …

Opinion

Fair warning

Opinion

Features

Are we smart enough to save this bird?

THE Spix's macaw is one of the world's most endangered species. Measuring two-feet tall when fully grown, with dark blue plumage, a grey-blue head, bright yellow eyes and a black beak, only one is living wild. Since 1987, it has lived all alone in semiarid woodland in northeastern Brazil. For some time, conservation biologists had …

Features

How the Soviet seas were lost

Features

Creators of the forty-seventh chromosome

Features

Beyond flesh & blood

Features

Currents of change

THE discovery of a change in the circulation of deep water in the Mediterranean is a cause for concern. As Debora MacKenzie reported, Wolfgang Roether of the University of Bremen has observed a "flip" in the source of the deep water in the Mediterranean, so that instead of originating in the Adriatic it now comes …

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Is quarantine full of bugs?

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'I hiss therefore I am'

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Prince Albert's long-forgotten dream

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Dogged explorer

Books & Arts

Industrious art

Books & Arts

Heading for heaven

Books & Arts

Fat with facts

Books & Arts

Sixty minutes

Books & Arts

Anybody there?

Books & Arts

Bestsellers from London

Books & Arts

Collected works

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Everyone's gone to the Moon

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Sight of sound

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Natural born believers?

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The cyborg myth

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Swing time

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Ancient and modern

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Regulars

Feedback

THAT time of year is upon us again, when the nights draw in, the days get colder, the trees lose their leaves and cuddly little animals go into hibernation. And what better way to avoid seasonal affective disorder (SAD) than to enter the Feedback Christmas competition? This year, in honour of ��è��Ƶ's recent 2001st …

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This week's magazine

11 November 1995

On the cover

Are we smart enough to save this bird?

How the Soviet seas were lost

Creators of the forty-seventh chromosome

Beyond flesh & blood

Table of contents

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ENIGMA: No.848 Not-so-ambiguous clock

Technology

Wooden actors take the star roles

Technology

Planet probes travel light

Technology

Netropolitan – vmail

Technology

Netropolitan – CU-SeeMe video conferencing

Technology

Netropolitan – The School of Visual Art

Technology

Netropolitan – where to find us

Technology

The cultured way to make baby food safer

Technology

TV's strange case of the missing channels

Technology

A lift for low-rise hydropower

Technology

Dive, dive and I'll connect you to Siberia

Technology

Design your own catalyst

Spinning cloud hits galaxy theories

Evolution's islands in the sky

A quiet dinner and then the theatre

Diluted ocean threatens Western Europe's weather

Boning up on ancient elephants

Green confusion

Foot tickler

Burning soles

The killing reefs

Shallow breaths make life a wheeze

Did falling comet cause rumble in the jungle?

Big wheel rolls back the molecular frontier

Global warming cuts no ice in Greenland

The island where fish had their chips

Just say 'non' to drugged driving

Back on target

Species rescue

Far-flung pollen raises spectre of superweed

Teamwork is the name of the game

Your country needs you to count meteors

The EGGs where stars are hatched

World ban in sight for persistent pollutants

Low marks for 'woolly' maths curriculum

Victims of rabbit virus plan to sue

Experts blow cold on climate claims

Not yodelling but drowning

Surfers stem tide of junk e-mail

US bomb testers go to the brink

Opinion

Skills we can count on

Fair warning

Features

Are we smart enough to save this bird?

How the Soviet seas were lost

Creators of the forty-seventh chromosome

Beyond flesh & blood

More

Currents of change

Is quarantine full of bugs?

'I hiss therefore I am'

Prince Albert's long-forgotten dream

Dogged explorer

Industrious art

Heading for heaven

Fat with facts

Sixty minutes

Anybody there?

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