Issue 2057 | Magazine cover date: 23 November 1996

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23 November 1996

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Features

Is there anybody out there?

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write of reply : Young eyes on ANZAAS

Opinion

Editorial : A turf war with no winners - ANYONE interested in protecting the genetic resources of the world's crop plants must have been thoroughly confused last week.

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Is there anybody out there?

Features

A tank of the cold stuff - Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future. If German car makers are to be believed, that future is just a few years away, says Rob Edwards

Features

What goes up. . . - In 1998 NASA is planning the maiden flight of an experimental rocket-plane that must endure the intense heat of re-entry and take off again 24 hours after landing. Ben Iannotta reports

Features

Racing to euphoria

Features

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write of reply : Young eyes on ANZAAS

Epping, Victoria Your editorial on this year's ANZAAS Congress was headed, "Is there life in the old dog?" (��è��Ƶ, 12 October). Certainly there was life at Youth ANZAAS, which I attended as one of the staff. It was extremely successful. The editorial neglected to mention that the lack of numbers was primarily due to …

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write of reply : Funding woes

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Changing places :

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Antipodes Science : Peter Doherty...downloaded

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Research: in the field : Hooked on bream

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Technology

Technology : Bags bow out to airtight cardboard

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Technology

Netropolitan :

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Technology

Technology : Pick-and-mix PC pulls itself together

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Technology

Technology : Virtual war breaks out

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Technology

Technology : Speedy relief for victims of cyanide poisoning

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Technology

Technology : Weaving genes to make a warmer fibre

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Technology

Technology : Dial `W' for warning

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Technology

Technology : For that shining smile . . . use a glowing toothbrush

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Science : Old-timers may still shine brightly

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Science : Anticipating schizophrenia in twins

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Science : Keeping perfect pitch in the family

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Science : Choosy yeast knows left from right

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Science : Flowers throw out the junk to make a better show

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Science : Prehistoric toolmakers got off to an early start

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Technology

Technology : Temporary trap for dangerous clots

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Science : Why you light up when you're drunk

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Life

Motherly cockroaches suckle their young

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The crying game

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Bat woman dies

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Irish sue Sellafield

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Smokers' ruin

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Midlife terrors

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Out of their hands - The jury is still out on the Indian air crash, but pilot error is a major cause of over two-thirds of all accidents. Are crew training and cockpit technology pulling in opposite directions?

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Sex secrets of the Pharaohs are all in the genes

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Singapore's children walk off with academic gold

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Junk e-mail `is not free speech'

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Here's a drug to remember

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Why time flies in old age

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Priest sheds light on the secret world of drugs

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Mustard gas found

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HIV on the rise in inner-city Britain

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To feed the world, talk to the farmers

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Europe's collapsing grain mountain fuels food scare

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Smart helmets will confuse soldiers

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Biowar checks hang in the balance

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Indian red tape holds back vital flood warnings

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Bureaucrats battle over plant genes

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Deadly sprays worse than useless

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Getting to the root of hunger

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Toxic sludge flows through the Andes

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Lost Mars probe casts doubt on Russia's space plans

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Opinion

Editorial : A turf war with no winners - ANYONE interested in protecting the genetic resources of the world's crop plants must have been thoroughly confused last week.

ANYONE interested in protecting the genetic resources of the world's crop plants must have been thoroughly confused last week. In Rome, at the headquarters of the UN's Food and Agriculturel Organization, the World Food Summit adopted a plan to protect those resources for the planet, as part of its programme to feed the world. Meanwhile, …

Opinion

Features

Is there anybody out there?

BEFORE August, it would have been easy to believe that life beyond the Earth was rare or even nonexistent. Everything changed, however, with the sensational claim that a meteorite from Mars contains fossil evidence of microorganisms. Whether or not the claim withers under intense scientific scrutiny, few doubt that primitive organisms could have evolved on …

Features

A tank of the cold stuff - Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future. If German car makers are to be believed, that future is just a few years away, says Rob Edwards

Features

What goes up. . . - In 1998 NASA is planning the maiden flight of an experimental rocket-plane that must endure the intense heat of re-entry and take off again 24 hours after landing. Ben Iannotta reports

Features

Racing to euphoria

Features

Cellular factories

AROUND 350 years ago, the French philosopher René Descartes concluded that the human body works on mechanical principles. He compared the illness and discomfort caused by diseased organs to the way in which a machine grinds to a halt when a single part breaks down. He reasoned that all machines can be restored to working …

Inside Science

Thistle diary : Netting a golden goose and famous last words - More comment from Westminster byTam Dalyell

Forum

Forum : The hard and soft option

Forum

Forum : Testing the gender gap - Kurt Kleiner takes a look at how the US attempts to sort out its brightest students

Forum

Review : Slash and burn

Books & Arts

Bestsellers : from Oxford

Books & Arts

Review : Collected works

Books & Arts

Review : Here comes the star

Books & Arts

Review : Splat stories

Books & Arts

Review : Illuminated Hawking

Books & Arts

Review : Engineering dreams

Books & Arts

Review : Skulduggery

Books & Arts

Review : Visible profit?

Books & Arts

Review : Quantum bull

Books & Arts

Review : Special relationship

Books & Arts

Review : Old friends

Books & Arts

Review : Just singin' in the brain

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

HOW MANY giant squid does your average sperm whale eat? The issue has been much debated in The Smithsonian magazine recently. A letter published in September stated: "In his May 1996 article on the giant squid, Richard Conniff reported two hard-to-fathom findings by scientist Clyde Roper. "First, Roper estimated that a 50-tonne sperm whale may …

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This week's magazine

23 November 1996

On the cover

Is there anybody out there?

A tank of the cold stuff - Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future. If German car makers are to be believed, that future is just a few years away, says Rob Edwards

What goes up. . . - In 1998 NASA is planning the maiden flight of an experimental rocket-plane that must endure the intense heat of re-entry and take off again 24 hours after landing. Ben Iannotta reports

Racing to euphoria

Table of contents

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write of reply : Young eyes on ANZAAS

write of reply : . . .

write of reply : Funding woes

Changing places :

Antipodes Science : Peter Doherty...downloaded

Research: in the field : Hooked on bream

Technology

Technology : Bags bow out to airtight cardboard

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Technology : Pick-and-mix PC pulls itself together

Technology

Technology : Virtual war breaks out

Technology

Technology : Speedy relief for victims of cyanide poisoning

Technology

Technology : Weaving genes to make a warmer fibre

Technology

Technology : Dial `W' for warning

Technology

Technology : For that shining smile . . . use a glowing toothbrush

Science : Old-timers may still shine brightly

Science : Anticipating schizophrenia in twins

Science : Keeping perfect pitch in the family

Science : Choosy yeast knows left from right

Science : Flowers throw out the junk to make a better show

Science : Prehistoric toolmakers got off to an early start

Technology

Technology : Temporary trap for dangerous clots

Science : Why you light up when you're drunk

Life

Motherly cockroaches suckle their young

The crying game

Bat woman dies

Irish sue Sellafield

Smokers' ruin

Midlife terrors

Out of their hands - The jury is still out on the Indian air crash, but pilot error is a major cause of over two-thirds of all accidents. Are crew training and cockpit technology pulling in opposite directions?

Sex secrets of the Pharaohs are all in the genes

Singapore's children walk off with academic gold

Junk e-mail `is not free speech'

Here's a drug to remember

Why time flies in old age

Priest sheds light on the secret world of drugs

Mustard gas found

HIV on the rise in inner-city Britain

To feed the world, talk to the farmers

Europe's collapsing grain mountain fuels food scare

Smart helmets will confuse soldiers

Biowar checks hang in the balance

Indian red tape holds back vital flood warnings

Bureaucrats battle over plant genes

Deadly sprays worse than useless

Getting to the root of hunger

Toxic sludge flows through the Andes

Lost Mars probe casts doubt on Russia's space plans

Opinion

Editorial : A turf war with no winners - ANYONE interested in protecting the genetic resources of the world's crop plants must have been thoroughly confused last week.

Features

Is there anybody out there?

A tank of the cold stuff - Hydrogen has long been touted as the fuel of the future. If German car makers are to be believed, that future is just a few years away, says Rob Edwards

What goes up. . . - In 1998 NASA is planning the maiden flight of an experimental rocket-plane that must endure the intense heat of re-entry and take off again 24 hours after landing. Ben Iannotta reports

Racing to euphoria

More

Cellular factories

Thistle diary : Netting a golden goose and famous last words - More comment from Westminster byTam Dalyell

Forum : The hard and soft option

Forum : Testing the gender gap - Kurt Kleiner takes a look at how the US attempts to sort out its brightest students

Review : Slash and burn

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