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Computer vision

Easy on the eyes 

A computer can now recognise classes of things as accurately as a person canApr 4th 2007

    Anaesthesia

    You won't feel a thing 

    Modern anaesthetics seem to work by mimicking deep sleep, rather than knocking people coldApr 4th 2007

    Bacteria and depression

    Bad is good  

    An unexpected explanation for the rise of depressionApr 4th 2007

    Bacteria and antibiotics

    Weakness is strength 

    A strange interaction between antibiotic drugsApr 4th 2007

    Correction: Antarctic science 

    Apr 4th 2007

    Articles from previous editions

    SPECIAL REPORT: Antarctic science

    To coldly go  

    Scientists travel to the bottom of the world to investigate the climate, the universe and the limits of life itselfMar 29th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: Antarctic history and geography

    The last wilderness 

    Antarctica is a geographical and political anomalyMar 29th 2007

    Spintronics

    Zeroing in 

    It may be possible to store a bit of data on a single atom and retrieve itMar 29th 2007

    Evolution

    Hidden from view 

    Rewriting the history of the mammalsMar 29th 2007

    Theatre design

    No need to shout 

    Why the acoustics of ancient Greek theatres are so goodMar 29th 2007

    Genetic chimerism

    Funky monkeys 

    Marmosets give birth to their genetic nieces and nephewsMar 29th 2007

    Semi-identical twins

    Double trouble 

    Twins that have cells of both sexesMar 29th 2007

    Malaria

    A shift of perspective 

    Recruiting mosquitoes to fight malariaMar 22nd 2007

    Evolution

    Darwin's rotifers 

    An obscure group of invertebrates casts light on how new species formMar 22nd 2007

    Philosophy and neuroscience

    Posing the right question 

    The neurology of morality is being exploredMar 22nd 2007

    Higher mathematics

    Truth and Lies 

    Mapping the most complex known mathematical objectMar 22nd 2007

    Correction: Satellites 

    Mar 15th 2007

    Read a survey of the brain
    A survey of the brain

    Who do you think you are? Requires subscription 

    Modern neuroscience, says Geoffrey Carr, is groping towards the answer to the oldest question of all: who am I?

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    Energy

    Woodstock revisited 

    Could new techniques for producing ethanol make old-fashioned trees the biofuel of the future?Mar 8th 2007

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    AIDS, Quantum computing, Nanotechnology, Human cloning, Avian influenza, Fish stocks, Stem-cell research, Hydrogen power, Contraception, Mars

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    Articles from previous editions, continued…

    Evidence-based ethics

    Logical endings 

    Computers may soon be better than kin at predicting the wishes of the dyingMar 15th 2007

    Flu vaccination

    Pricking consciences 

    What is good for the individual is not always best for societyMar 15th 2007

    Environmental genomics

    Sorcerer's apprenticeship 

    What Dr Venter did on his holidaysMar 15th 2007

    Consumer electronics

    Mind games 

    Brain-controlled games and other devices should soon be on saleMar 15th 2007

    Chronobiology

    Time and chance 

    How well you can think at night may be determined by your genesMar 15th 2007

    Correction: Satellites 

    Mar 15th 2007

    Particle physics

    Higgs may fly 

    Physicists in America may have scooped their counterparts in Europe in the hunt for the source of universal massMar 8th 2007

    Particle accelerators

    Onwards and upwards 

    Plans to build ever-grander particle-smashers collide with realityMar 8th 2007

    Cancer screening

    Seeing is not always relieving 

    Screening for lung cancer may do more harm than goodMar 8th 2007

    Animal behaviour

    An offer you can't refuse 

    How cowbirds run protection racketsMar 8th 2007

    Argillaceous vulcanism

    Inglorious mud 

    How to control a volcano. MaybeMar 8th 2007

    Satellite tracking

    No hiding place 

    If it flies, a proposed space-based animal-tracking system could observe almost anything on EarthMar 8th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: The rise and fall of corporate R&D

    Out of the dusty labs Requires subscription 

    Technology firms have left the big corporate R&D laboratory behind, shifting the emphasis from research to development. Does it matter?Mar 1st 2007

    DNA tracking

    Conservation à la carte Requires subscription 

    How seal penises, elephant dung and smashed ivory are helping geneticists pinpoint the poaching of protected speciesMar 1st 2007

    Medicinal compounds

    Joint action Requires subscription 

    A victory for American cannabis researchersMar 1st 2007

    Anthropology

    Pillars of the community Requires subscription 

    The oldest solar observatory in South AmericaMar 1st 2007

    Psychology

    The big turn off Requires subscription 

    Using sex to sell a product does not work—particularly for womenMar 1st 2007

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