Issue 2334 | Magazine cover date: 16 March 2002

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16 March 2002

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Telltale flashes

THE flashing lights on computers, modems, network switches and even keyboards could be broadcasting your personal data around your office or home—or even out of the window. After testing a number of computer systems and pieces of peripheral equipment such as modems for "optical leakage", two American engineers have found that blinking LEDs can flash …

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The early bird gets the biggest eyes

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Targeting a killer

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It's actually beige

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Headstart for flight

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Don't drink and run

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Walking on water

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Technology

Phone that knows its place

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Hacking at light speed

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Shape-shifting brain saver

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Technology

Intruder alert

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Technology

Leg preserver

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A breath of fresh air for newborns

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Silence of the luvvies

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Once bitten

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Come hell or high water

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Hello, hello…the line's gone dead

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Use it then lose it

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New genetic spanner in the works

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Eat what you're given and no arguments

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Corporate science v the right to know

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Test tube trauma

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Another good reason to fake that suntan

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Space

The truth about warp drive

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Danger money

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Shrinking world

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Deadly legacy

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The natural choice

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Think twice

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Death by music

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Under your skin

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Easy on the alcohol

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Early learning

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The race for a cure

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Opinion

Westminister diary

IN an attempt to help shape the European Union's review of chemicals policy, a number of influential European environmental and consumer lobby groups drew up a charter in October 2000. Their drive then was to persuade as many other non-governmental organisations as possible to sign what became known as the Copenhagen Charter. Essentially, it calls …

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Hidden dragon

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Lifting the curse

IFYOU'RE a woman, here's a tempting offer: stop having your periods now. Renounce the cramps, the bloating, the migraines, the moodiness and discomfort that take over your life once a month. Use your brain for something other that deciding between light and super-absorbent, deodorant or unscented. And best of all, feel good about it, because …

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Lasers are cool, very cool

Lévy Statistics and Laser Cooling by François Bardou, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Alain Aspect and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Cambridge University Press, £19.95, ISBN 0521004225 HOW can you cool a cloud of atoms to within a whisper of absolute zero? Blasting it with laser beams would certainly seem an unlikely option, yet this is precisely how physicists have managed …

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One great leap for humankind

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The Birds of Northern Melanesia by Ernst Mayr and Jared Diamond (2002)

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FOLLOWING our report on 23 February, many readers have told us of another way to defeat those hated "press 1 for this, press 2 for that" automated switchboards. We're pleased to pass it on. Even if the companies that inflict these systems on us read this column, changing their technology to defeat these tricks will …

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This week's magazine

16 March 2002

On the cover

Lifting the curse

Sacred echoes

Back to your roots

Cycles of creation

Table of contents

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Telltale flashes

The early bird gets the biggest eyes

Targeting a killer

It's actually beige

Headstart for flight

Don't drink and run

Walking on water

Technology

Phone that knows its place

Hacking at light speed

Shape-shifting brain saver

Technology

Intruder alert

Technology

Leg preserver

A breath of fresh air for newborns

Silence of the luvvies

Once bitten

Come hell or high water

Hello, hello…the line's gone dead

Use it then lose it

New genetic spanner in the works

Eat what you're given and no arguments

Corporate science v the right to know

Test tube trauma

Another good reason to fake that suntan

Space

The truth about warp drive

Danger money

Shrinking world

Deadly legacy

The natural choice

Think twice

Death by music

Under your skin

Easy on the alcohol

Early learning

The race for a cure

Opinion

Westminister diary

Hidden dragon

Features

Lifting the curse

Sacred echoes

Back to your roots

Cycles of creation

More

Lasers are cool, very cool

Suprapick and mix

Green grow the texans, oh

A dream of clean fuel

Too clever by half

What's that you said?

Conscious effort

Them and us

What is this thing called science?

Mathematical Vistas by Peter Hilton, Derek Holton and Jean Pedersen and other books

One great leap for humankind

The Birds of Northern Melanesia by Ernst Mayr and Jared Diamond (2002)

Regulars

Feedback

Regulars

Letters

Regulars

The last word

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