Issue 2388 | Magazine cover date: 29 March 2003

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29 March 2003

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Features

Night of the mosquito hunters

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Six legs do not an insect make

Opinion

Washington diary

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Night of the mosquito hunters

Features

Reasonable doubt

Features

The big brother effect

Features

Out on a limb

Features

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Six legs do not an insect make

THE idea that all six-legged animals are insects has been turned on its head, along with the theory that all such creatures evolved from a common ancestor. Flightless springtails are actually more closely related to crustaceans such as the hermit crab and brine shrimp than to insects such as locusts. An analysis of mitochondrial DNA …

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A click away from the earliest language

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Sexing the brain

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When dicynodont died

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Starry trio

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Breathe easier

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Smells like evolution

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We hear that…

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Antique clocks go nuclear

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A longer-lasting silence of the genes

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Email gives the game away

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Stars' violent death throes still defy explanation

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Bursts are so last billennium

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Technology

Safer, lighter, cooler

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Technology

Phone that knows your touch

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Technology

Add-on ads

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Could water replace heat shield tiles?

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Earth was a freak

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Nicotine speeds the growth of lung cancers

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Electrifying claims dashed

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Some of us are born to binge

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Did flammable airframe seal space shuttle's fate?

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Dispatches

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Progress in hunt for virus

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Soundbites

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The crop trials are over, but the doubts continue

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Earth

How safe is nanotech?

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Safe water remains a mirage

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Chemical warfare's enduring threat

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Opinion

Humans

Washington diary

THE venerable seat of nuclear knowledge in the US has been at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the desert hills of New Mexico ever since the first atomic bomb was developed there in the 1940s. But the laboratory is now in hot water. Last year it was revealed that lab workers had been charged with …

Opinion

Fear and grokking on the war crimes trail

Opinion

The word liar

Opinion

When will the earth move?

Opinion

What lies beneath

Opinion

Features

Night of the mosquito hunters

If there are 250,000 bats in a colony and each one eats 3375 mosquitoes in a night, how long will it take the bats to rid one Texan swamp of malaria? Charles Campbell, a doctor in San Antonio, did the sums and was convinced that bats could consume enough mosquitoes to eradicate the disease from …

Features

Reasonable doubt

Features

The big brother effect

Features

Out on a limb

Features

Starry life

80 Not Out: My autobiography by Patrick Moore, Contender Books, £17.99, ISBN 1843570483 AIRBORNE crockery – flying saucers to the rest of us – does not impress astronomer Patrick Moore. The wonders of the heavens, cricket and chess do. So also does the memory of the young woman he wanted to marry. Now 60 years …

Books & Arts

Rising stars

Careers

It's out there

Books & Arts

Bestsellers - Berkeley

Books & Arts

Computing's holy grail

Books & Arts

Sure of that?

Books & Arts

Big dams all round

Books & Arts

Designer of the American dream

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

IN ONE of Britain's most ancient and revered centres of learning – yes, we're talking about the University of Oxford – doors in some of the more modern, 20th-century buildings were designed so that they close automatically, for fire safety and heat conservation reasons. Unfortunately, more recent regulations aimed at preventing accusations of sexual harassment …

Regulars

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This week's magazine

29 March 2003

On the cover

Night of the mosquito hunters

Reasonable doubt

The big brother effect

Out on a limb

Table of contents

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Six legs do not an insect make

A click away from the earliest language

Sexing the brain

When dicynodont died

Starry trio

Breathe easier

Smells like evolution

We hear that…

Antique clocks go nuclear

A longer-lasting silence of the genes

Email gives the game away

Stars' violent death throes still defy explanation

Bursts are so last billennium

Technology

Safer, lighter, cooler

Technology

Phone that knows your touch

Technology

Add-on ads

Could water replace heat shield tiles?

Earth was a freak

Nicotine speeds the growth of lung cancers

Electrifying claims dashed

Some of us are born to binge

Did flammable airframe seal space shuttle's fate?

Dispatches

Progress in hunt for virus

Soundbites

The crop trials are over, but the doubts continue

Earth

How safe is nanotech?

Safe water remains a mirage

Chemical warfare's enduring threat

Opinion

Humans

Washington diary

Fear and grokking on the war crimes trail

The word liar

When will the earth move?

What lies beneath

Features

Night of the mosquito hunters

Reasonable doubt

The big brother effect

Out on a limb

More

Starry life

Rising stars

It's out there

Bestsellers - Berkeley

Computing's holy grail

Sure of that?

Big dams all round

Designer of the American dream

Regulars

Feedback

Regulars

Letters

Regulars

The last word

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