Lucy and Stuart WOOd living With MS "Children can't get MS." "How I wish that were true." MS Multiple Sclerosis Society Children can get MS, although it's very rare. But with the MS Society's support we can still make the most of family life. They've got a freephone helpline 0808 800 8000 or you can visit www.mssociety.org.uk to find out more or make a donation. MS Society. Putting the pieces together. The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a charity registered in England and Wales (207495) and Scotland (SCOI6433) CO NTE NTS Volume 205 No 2747 NEWS 5 EDITORIAL Revolution ahead for 6 UPFRONT Tuna pirates, Cancer drugs 8 THIS WEEK COVER STORY space exploration The star that shouldn't be and antid epressants don't mix An "impossible" Space 2020:what NASA will do next. Ai r stellar explosion turbu lence aids quantum communication, opens a new Chromosome caps presage brain's decline, Health inequalities begin in child hood, Floral window on the heating, Dementia gene boosts IQ, Earth's early cosmos earli est movers 14 IN BRIEF Hazards of "third-hand" smoke, Bug's assassin tactics, Beer is good for your bones Cover image Tim Gra vestock 17 TECHNOLOGY Smart talking software, Drive-by-wi re caught i n the headl ights, Designs o n cellphone security Healing touch OPINION 22 New Nobels or not? F i nd out the Nobel Foundation's verdict on pleas for extra Nobel prizes from a panel convened by New Scientist The secret to on the big future of biomedicine organs is to get 23 One minute with... Nobel laureate Pa u l Nurse, growing new 24 LETTERS Ta lking to aliens, One wife or ma ny? all touchy-feely 26 Feathered-fossil hunting China's leading dinosaur expert, Xu X i ng, has named more species of dinosaurs than anyone else alive FEATURES 28 The star that shouldn't be (see right) 32 My big fat geek wedding What happens to our bodies when we say "I dc'? There was only one way to find out." 36 The healing touch (see right) 40 Martian sheen Are shiny boul ders on Mars our best evidence yet for l ife on the Red Planet? , - �!!; r � • � I Coming next week � Q, Writing was invented long c: REGULARS 24 ENIGMA 44 BOOKS & ARTS Reviews Reclaiming unhappiness from psychiatry's grip, God vs messy genomes, Message from the caves � � before civilisation Why monogamists need big brains, 46 Interview Jeremy Rifkin explains why his new book sees us morphing i nto Homo empothicus Brain paradox 64 FEEDBACK Teacup tube-map, Aspects of "ph" When a "dementia gene" 65 THE LAST WORD Warm paws in the snow makes you smarter 48 JOBS & CAREERS PLUS Jane Goodall on half a century saving the wilds New York, NYl 0010, 225 Wyma n Street, AUSTRALIA Tower 2, 475 VidoriaAvenue, R ecruitmentAdvenising TO S UBSCRIBE Syndication Tel 781 7348770 Tel 888 822 3242 Tribune Media Services Periodicals postage paid at Waltham, MA 02451 Chatswood, NSW 2067
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