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29 April 2006

Issue 2549

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Love special: Reflections of the divine

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Love special: Reflections of the divine

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Life

Would like to meet

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Gravity: Were Newton and Einstein wrong?

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Gravity: Were Newton and Einstein wrong?

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Humans

Love special: Obsession and stalking

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Life

Love special: If I can't have you...

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Life

Love special: Same sex, different rules

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Love special: Modern romance

Life

Love special: Modern romance

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Love special: Six ways to woo your lover

Life

Love special: Six ways to woo your lover

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Love special: How to pick a perfect mate

Life

Love special: How to pick a perfect mate

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Love special: Secrets of long-term love

Life

Love special: Secrets of long-term love

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Love special: What is this thing called love?

Life

Love special: What is this thing called love?

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Space

Dark matter detector finds tiny cracks instead

A CHANCE discovery by cosmologists searching for dark matter – the elusive stuff thought to make up most of the mass in the universe – could lead to the development of an ultra-sensitive probe that can spot cracks in materials opening up, even when they're only a few atoms long. Dark matter detectors at the …

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Space

Will a flying carpet take us to Pluto?

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Technology

Cryptography moves up a gear

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Technology

Motorbikes get a special glow

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Technology

Gizmo

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Technology

A universal translator in your pocket

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Technology

Tattoos made of 'disappearing' ink

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Earth

Drill digs deeper than ever into Earth's crust

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Space

Cosmic calculator goes the distance

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Life

Pushy hyenas are made in the womb

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Life

Self-medicating sheep shake off the 'stupid' label

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Health

A timely way to banish SAD

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Life

Cracking Colombia's genetic mystery

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Life

Subliminal advertising may work after all

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Health

A step closer to solving therapy's cancer riddle

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Space

Universal constant, constant no more?

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Technology

Iran's nukes – more politics than reality

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Health

Vaccines at birth come a step closer

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Life

Variations in the genetic code of life

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Life

Wind turbines send wildlife diving for cover

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Life

For women, food is food for thought

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This week 35 years ago

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Health

Medical marijuana suffers knock in US

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Soundbites

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Health

Do drug firm links sway psychiatry?

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Earth

China struggling to catch its breath

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Life

Return of the wild dog

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60 Seconds

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Earth

Pakistan quake forgotten by the world

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Life

Where's Mecca from orbit?

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Life

Drug to protect babies from HIV creates resistance

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Space

Study 'proves' big bang never happened

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Call for biowar on drugs

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Opinion

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Earth

Modernising the developing world

THE Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve is unique in western Mexico for the richness of its biodiversity, boasting some 2700 species of plant, 560 of wildlife and a third of the country's native birds. It is also home to 30,000 very poor people, with no access to mains electricity or running water. The challenge for …

Opinion

Physics

Editorial: Breaking the 'laws' of nature

Opinion

Features

Love special: Reflections of the divine

Life

Love special: Reflections of the divine

What is compassionate love, in the religious context? It is about feeling with someone, rather than just for them. You try to put yourself in their shoes, to enter into their situation. It comes from your intestines. Biblically, it comes from the desire to try to do something to change the situation that invoked your …

Features

Life

Would like to meet

Features

Space

Gravity: Were Newton and Einstein wrong?

Features

Humans

Love special: Obsession and stalking

Features

Life

Love special: If I can't have you...

Features

Life

Love special: Same sex, different rules

Features

Life

Love special: Modern romance

Features

Life

Love special: Six ways to woo your lover

Features

Life

Love special: How to pick a perfect mate

Features

Life

Love special: Secrets of long-term love

Features

Life

Love special: What is this thing called love?

Features

Regulars

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Feedback

Microwave time machine HERE is a piece of research of potentially great significance. It began when Jeff Lander was having dinner at his sister's home. She had gone back into the kitchen to microwave the pudding. Then she shouted out: "What time do I cook it for? The package says 3 minutes for a 650-watt …

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