Issue 2093 | Magazine cover date: 2 August 1997

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2 August 1997

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Features

Small fry go big time

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Time of their life

Opinion

Editorial : Only the British . . .

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Life

Small fry go big time

Features

Take it to the limit . . . - The superwhizzy computers of the future will only be born if we can make a whole transistor out of a molecule. But right now we're struggling to make just one wire, says Philip Ball

Features

Over and over and over...

Features

Restless in Seattle

Features

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Time of their life

WOMEN who drink alcohol could be delaying their menopause, says a report in the British Medical Journal (vol 315, p 188). David Torgerson of the University of York led a two-year study of more than a thousand women aged between 45 and 49. Of the teetotallers, 25 per cent had reached the menopause, but only …

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Mini moon

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Womb for improvement

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Wandering stars

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While my nanoguitar gently weeps

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A smoking gun

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The hottest rock in the world

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It takes two

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Falling out

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Cyberphones

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Rain check

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Big cat joins the land of the free

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Every move you make . . .

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Teeth fallout

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Tubby tubers

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Power cut

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Sex on the radio

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Asthma detector

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Drop the hot story

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Mapping Pluto's kingdom

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Gene rescue

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Only connect

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Twist of fate

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A steady heart

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Waterworld

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Heat and destroy

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Lucky find

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University challenge

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Have cancer cops missed the real culprits?

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Birds, bees . . . and yeast

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Hand in glove

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Hot shots

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Park and ride

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In the blood

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All systems go

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The making of a moon

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Quantum whistle-blower comes out of the cold

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Is your brain ailing or just ageing?

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Kayak on the loose

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Eating for two

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Growing up too soon

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Slick busters

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Hello, Polly

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Superbugs

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All quiet on the drilling front

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Opinion

Editorial : Only the British . . .

AS the worst floods for decades hit Poland and Germany last week, Britain remained in the grip of a story more terrifying by far—students at the nation's colleges and universities were told in the clearest possible terms that there was to be no more freeloading. In future, they would have to pay for their tuition. …

Opinion

Editorial : Womb at the top - Even intelligence can be dramatically affected by the first nine months

Opinion

Features

Life

Small fry go big time

LITTLE freshwater fishes would not perhaps seem likely candidates for evolutionary greatness. But cichlids are profoundly fascinating for biologists-they have achieved the most rapid and extensive diversity known to science. Over a remarkably short period, cichlids in the African great lakes have spawned hundreds of new species, with an enormous range of characteristics. There are …

Features

Take it to the limit . . . - The superwhizzy computers of the future will only be born if we can make a whole transistor out of a molecule. But right now we're struggling to make just one wire, says Philip Ball

Features

Over and over and over...

Features

Restless in Seattle

Features

Review : Chinook challenge

Jonathan Schaeffer's One Jump Ahead is 496 pages long. It tells how he developed the computer program Chinook—"challenging human supremacy in checkers" (draughts to some of us). Whether the challenge was successful or not is the cliffhanging part of the tale. He remarks that he had to force himself to start the book. "Once I …

Books & Arts

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Books & Arts

Review : Sunshine is free

Books & Arts

Review : Flattering to success

Books & Arts

Review : Get A-life

Books & Arts

Review : Knowledge of bodies

Books & Arts

Review : Bill's back room

Books & Arts

Review : Collected works

Books & Arts

Bestsellers : from London

Books & Arts

Forum : In search of satisfaction

Forum

Forum : Think before you squawk

Forum

Antipodes : TNT head puts a bomb under the government - Ian Lowe scrutinises the latest report on industry policy

Forum

Thistle diary : - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell

Forum

Sexual Ecology by Gabriel Rotello

Books & Arts

Review : Forteyan times

Books & Arts

Review : Vinous science

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Review : Face lifts

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

HOW SPLENDID of NASA to put out stereoscopic pictures of Pathfinder's Martian landing site on the Internet. But how many people happen to have a pair of 3D viewing glasses lying around to look at the pictures with? Martin Harvey thought he had a simple answer: buy a box of Quality Street chocolates, and place …

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This week's magazine

2 August 1997

On the cover

Life

Small fry go big time

Take it to the limit . . . - The superwhizzy computers of the future will only be born if we can make a whole transistor out of a molecule. But right now we're struggling to make just one wire, says Philip Ball

Over and over and over...

Restless in Seattle

Table of contents

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Time of their life

Mini moon

Womb for improvement

Wandering stars

While my nanoguitar gently weeps

A smoking gun

The hottest rock in the world

It takes two

Falling out

Cyberphones

Rain check

Big cat joins the land of the free

Every move you make . . .

Teeth fallout

Tubby tubers

Power cut

Sex on the radio

Asthma detector

Drop the hot story

Mapping Pluto's kingdom

Gene rescue

Only connect

Twist of fate

A steady heart

Waterworld

Heat and destroy

Lucky find

University challenge

Have cancer cops missed the real culprits?

Birds, bees . . . and yeast

Hand in glove

Hot shots

Park and ride

In the blood

All systems go

The making of a moon

Quantum whistle-blower comes out of the cold

Is your brain ailing or just ageing?

Kayak on the loose

Eating for two

Growing up too soon

Slick busters

Hello, Polly

Superbugs

All quiet on the drilling front

Opinion

Editorial : Only the British . . .

Editorial : Womb at the top - Even intelligence can be dramatically affected by the first nine months

Features

Life

Small fry go big time

Take it to the limit . . . - The superwhizzy computers of the future will only be born if we can make a whole transistor out of a molecule. But right now we're struggling to make just one wire, says Philip Ball

Over and over and over...

Restless in Seattle

More

Review : Chinook challenge

Review : Observatory chic

Review : Sunshine is free

Review : Flattering to success

Review : Get A-life

Review : Knowledge of bodies

Review : Bill's back room

Review : Collected works

Bestsellers : from London

Forum : In search of satisfaction

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