Issue 2087 | Magazine cover date: 21 June 1997

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21 June 1997

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Features

Who killed the Minoans?

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bytes : Japanese on disc

Opinion

Editorial : Who wants to be perfect anyway?

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Who killed the Minoans?

Features

Wacky water

Features

The plight of the bumblebee

Features

Chemical warfare at work

Features

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bytes : Japanese on disc

High school students in New Zealand will soon be using a multimedia CD-ROM produced at the University of New South Wales to learn Japanese. The NZ Ministry of Education has purchased 500 copies of the CD-ROM, Japan Album, for distribution to schools. The CD-ROM was developed by the university's Unisearch Multimedia in conjunction with the …

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bytes : When the land gives way

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Write of reply : Line item

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write of reply : How scandalous

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Science : Paul Davies...downloaded

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Scan : Coming clean

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Scan : Jubilee on ice

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Scan : Mission bay

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Changing places :

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Technology : Be kind to a virus and help save lives

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Technology : Telephone tokens that keep a secret

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Technology : One-chip surfing hits the Net

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Technology : Spacecraft get a lift from the Sun

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Technology

Technology : How sewage sludge could help feed a hungry world

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Science : Do our bodies tell how smart we are?

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Science : Mercurial storms rage in the Arctic

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Science : Rain of rock left meteors mixed up

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Science : The inner eye has sharper vision

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Science : How much is that wolf in the window?

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Technology

Technology : Loud ads could be out on their ear

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Technology : Fish dinners help bacteria clean up oily beaches

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Technology : Animals teach robots how to see

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Netropolitan :

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Coral survey

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Listening to ET

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What price free trade?

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Science : Dinosaur bones yield blood protein

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Science : Middle-aged bees dabble in death

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Plane soars to new heights on sunbeams

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Dangerous dip

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Shared kidneys

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Nuclear U-turn

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Laptops grounded

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End of the line

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Rhinos could roam the outback

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Bomb tests leave legacy of radioactive food

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The dabs that won't wipe clean

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America argues over its missing millions

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Deadly diseases defeat German `efficiency'

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Can anyone slow the ascent of spam?

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Live AIDS vaccine makes comeback

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North wants curb on toxic chemicals

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Natural disaster pushes rare seals to the brink

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Conservationists call truce with Asian medicine

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Europe's rubbish regulations aim at wrong target

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Plutonium plan is `terrorist charter'

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After the rave, the Ecstasy hangover

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Opinion

Editorial : Who wants to be perfect anyway?

BRAINS and beauty are like water and oil: this view has become so entrenched that exceptions to the rule—such as Linda Lampenius, the Finnish virtuoso violinist with Baywatch looks—are almost regarded as freaks of nature. But is the belief founded on empirical evidence or the prejudices of the unprepossessing? The answer isn't obvious but the …

Opinion

Editorial : Chill out, man

Opinion

Features

Who killed the Minoans?

Melbourne SOME 3500 years ago, a cataclysmic event wiped out the flourishing Bronze Age civilisation on Crete in the Aegean Sea. The obvious culprit is a volcano on the island of Santorini, which is known to have erupted at about that time. But just how a volcano on an island 120 kilometres away could have …

Features

Wacky water

Features

The plight of the bumblebee

Features

Chemical warfare at work

Features

Antipodes : Editors ignore the public's wishes

WHEN reading the results this week of a survey on public attitudes towards coverage of topics in the media I was reminded of that old adage: the more things change the more they stay the same. A survey of 1060 Australians by pollster AGB McNair has shown that Australians are much more interested in hearing …

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Thistle diary : Something nasty in the waters

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Review : For softies

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Review : Watery cradle

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Review : From our correspondent

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Review : Lively biology

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Review : Fun in the field

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Regulars

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IT HAS been a record year for Britain's water industry. The newly privatised water companies are expected to disclose a record £2 billion in profits this year. At the same time, a record 4 billion litres a day of drinking water leaks away through the companies' poorly maintained pipes. Nearly 40 per cent of the …

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This week's magazine

21 June 1997

On the cover

Who killed the Minoans?

Wacky water

The plight of the bumblebee

Chemical warfare at work

Table of contents

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bytes : Japanese on disc

bytes : When the land gives way

Write of reply : Line item

write of reply : How scandalous

Science : Paul Davies...downloaded

Scan : Coming clean

Scan : Jubilee on ice

Scan : Mission bay

Changing places :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Technology : Be kind to a virus and help save lives

Technology

Technology : Telephone tokens that keep a secret

Technology

Technology : One-chip surfing hits the Net

Technology

Technology : Spacecraft get a lift from the Sun

Technology

Technology : How sewage sludge could help feed a hungry world

Science : Do our bodies tell how smart we are?

Science : Mercurial storms rage in the Arctic

Science : Rain of rock left meteors mixed up

Science : The inner eye has sharper vision

Science : How much is that wolf in the window?

Technology

Technology : Loud ads could be out on their ear

Technology

Technology : Fish dinners help bacteria clean up oily beaches

Technology

Technology : Animals teach robots how to see

Technology

Netropolitan :

Coral survey

Listening to ET

What price free trade?

Science : Dinosaur bones yield blood protein

Science : Middle-aged bees dabble in death

Plane soars to new heights on sunbeams

Dangerous dip

Shared kidneys

Nuclear U-turn

Laptops grounded

End of the line

Rhinos could roam the outback

Bomb tests leave legacy of radioactive food

The dabs that won't wipe clean

America argues over its missing millions

Deadly diseases defeat German `efficiency'

Can anyone slow the ascent of spam?

Live AIDS vaccine makes comeback

North wants curb on toxic chemicals

Natural disaster pushes rare seals to the brink

Conservationists call truce with Asian medicine

Europe's rubbish regulations aim at wrong target

Plutonium plan is `terrorist charter'

After the rave, the Ecstasy hangover

Opinion

Editorial : Who wants to be perfect anyway?

Editorial : Chill out, man

Features

Who killed the Minoans?

Wacky water

The plight of the bumblebee

Chemical warfare at work

More

Antipodes : Editors ignore the public's wishes

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