New scientist

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  Año 2004, Número 2451

  • They seek Higgs here

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  • Boy or girl? Best leave it to chance

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  • Upfront

    págs. 4-5

    

  • 60 SECONDS

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  • The rush to pick a perfect embryo

    Sylvia Pagán Westphal

    págs. 6-7

    

  • Black holes drive speedy particles to new highs

    Marcus Chown

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  • SOUNDBITES

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  • And the forecast for AD 17,004 is

    Fred Pearce

    pág. 9

    

  • Flame retardant shows up in Arctic

    Fred Pearce

    págs. 10-11

    

  • Spinal trial raises hopes

    Helen Philips

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  • Higgs hunt gets heavy

    Jenny Hogan, Eugenie Samuel Reich

    pág. 13

    

  • Memory fails you after severe stress

    Alison Motluk

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  • DNA in action coming soon to a screen near you

    Will Knight

    pág. 14

    

  • First stars born to the tune of a deafening hiss

    David L. Chandler

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  • Pterosaurs went for the soft shell

    Jeff Hecht

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  • In brief

    págs. 16-17

    

  • Missile defence misses

    Jeff Hecht

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  • Mars rovers set to scale heights

    Will Knight

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  • Liquid crystals spill beans on anthrax

    James Randerson

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  • CUTTING EDGE

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  • Can implants run on body heat?

    Duncan Graham-Rowe

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  • INVENTION

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  • Fighting the tide of dangerous fakes

    Barry Fox

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  • Vigilantes on the net

    Barbara Moran

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  • Letters

    Garth Barber, Max Wallis, Johan Kotze, Martin Baker, Alec Cawley, Chris Jones, Peter Cox, David Powlson, Richard Betts, M. G. Richardson, Ralph Hancock, Duncan Campbell

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  • Mutants, one and all

    Armand Marie Leroi

    págs. 32-35

    

  • Twisting the light away

    Stephen Battersby

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  • ANIMAL MINDS

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  • Not just a pretty face

    Culum Brown

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  • Can you guess what I'm thinking?

    Robin Dunbar

    págs. 44-45