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NEWS 3 4
EDITORIAL Effective interrogation UPFRONT Climategate goes to Parliament. Iceberg threatens world's weather, Chile quake
COVER STORY
28
Touching the multiverse
will leave volcanic legacy
6
THIS WEEK
At last there's a
The brain scan that feels your pain, Shaped
way to find out
moulds tell stem cells what to be, Why alien
if it exists
worlds are like a toaster, Brain imaging goes chemical. Dino-eating snake caught red-jawed
14 IN BRIEF Mind-controlled prosthetics without brain surgery, The downside of happiness, Flipping Earth's protective shield
17 TECHNOLOGY
Cover image Eoi n Ryan
Wave powers grand designs, Blooming green fuel cells, Bone echoes drive body-based computing
OPINION
As bad as torture
22 A third nuclear option Fission and fusion power each have thei r problems, but there is another way, argueJulian Hunt and Graham O'Connell
23 One minute with... Ginny Barbour, on why we
The mental
should shun tobacco industry research
scars of coercive
24 LETTERS Darwin evolves, Aliens can't hear us
interrogation
26 Anatomy of atheism Religion is the norm for most humans, so what makes some reject it ask Lois Lee and Stephen Bullivant
FEATURES 2B Touching the multiverse (see right) 32 Trouble in paradise Time is running out to eradicate the killers wreaking havoc on an island wildlife haven
36 Bugging your bugs Why it will pay to turn the tables on the microbes that eavesdrop on your body's every move
40 As bad as torture (see right)
REGULARS
Coming next week
24 ENIGMA
Accidental origins
44 BOOKS & ARTS Review A travelogue with a difference follows
Evolution is even more
scientific endeavour to Earth's bleakest locations
random than we thought
45 Gallery A modern take on the art of the diorama 56 FEEDBACK Less fat than", what? 57 THE LAST WORD Honey for theflies
The writing's on the egg A treasure trove of 60,OOO-year-old
46 JOBS & CAREERS
ostrich eggs resets the clock for early
PLUS When em pathy goes into ove rd rive
symbolic writing
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