November - 1990 Articles
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Review: Stalk the wild trajectory - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Technology: 'Sensitive flowers' of British hi-fi may be trampled
01 December 1990
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Technology: Ice-breaker tipped to make waves on Tyneside
01 December 1990
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Technology: Roadside detector brings mobile polluters to light
01 December 1990
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Science: 'New men' hold sway among tamarins
01 December 1990
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Science: Deep-sea fishing dries up the gene pool
01 December 1990
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Science: Dinosaur count reveals surprisingly few species
01 December 1990
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Painless smoking
01 December 1990
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Radio survey
01 December 1990
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Nuclear power sails down the river
01 December 1990
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Science: Why women aren't men
01 December 1990
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Science: Structure of HIV receptor laid bare
01 December 1990
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The Galactic empire
01 December 1990
Our Milky Way is more than just a huge spiral galaxy, it is also the centre of a vast empire that spans more than a million light-years and governs at least 10 other galaxies
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Pigeons, pests and people: Feral pigeons are widespread in cities throughout the world. Most people regard the birds as pests that spread disease and soil buildings. But does this image reflect reality?
01 December 1990
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Plastics, waste not, want not: Unless we can reclaim more plastics from waste, recycling will never be worthwhile. But this has not stopped manufacturers from trying to develop better recycling methods
01 December 1990
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Technology: Sludge disposal becomes a burning issue
01 December 1990
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Technology: Optical boost for underwater phone links
01 December 1990
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Technology: Twenties flapper motors back into fashion
01 December 1990
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Climate Change: Global warming, back to the future
01 December 1990
Three million years ago, the climate was warmer than now, with much less ice, more sea, and different weather patterns. With evidence from this warmer world, climate modellers can test their forecasts
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Science: Isolating the chemicals that cause cancer
01 December 1990
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Science: Birds with a talent for applied chemistry
01 December 1990
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No surrender in Sarawak: In the Malaysian state of Sarawak, protests against logging are a matter of life and death, not only for those who live in the rainforest but also for those who campaign to save them
01 December 1990
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Rules for fishing
01 December 1990
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A flake of film foiled Hubble
01 December 1990
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Women, AIDS and survival
01 December 1990
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The mercury the physicists left behind
01 December 1990
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Queensland tops world skin cancer league
01 December 1990
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Bleak future for British conservation
01 December 1990
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Logging agreement fails to protect Sarawak
01 December 1990
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One small scoop for media kind
01 December 1990
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Tokyo wins support for intelligent factories
01 December 1990
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French government comes clean over radioactive contamination
01 December 1990
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CERN dips into pension fund
01 December 1990
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Cash crisis threatens 'big science'
01 December 1990
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Rebates on rubbish
01 December 1990
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Sjogren's virus
01 December 1990
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Copernicus lives
01 December 1990
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Mad breeding
01 December 1990
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Nuclear plans divide Baltic neighbours
01 December 1990
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Czechs push ahead with Danube dam
01 December 1990
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American pressure thwarts studies on 'abortion pill'
01 December 1990
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Comment: The Thatcher effect
01 December 1990
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Comment: The nuclear red herring
01 December 1990
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Talking Point: Animal patents, lawyers call the tune
01 December 1990
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Letter: Drink and worry
01 December 1990
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Letter: 1984 and all that
01 December 1990
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Letter: Green trade-in
01 December 1990
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Forum: An approximate view of the world - It doesn't always pay to be exact
01 December 1990
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Thistle Diary: Luck holds for albatross - Comment from Westminster
01 December 1990
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Feedback
01 December 1990
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Forum: The perils of impure speculation - It's easy to set off on a wild goose chase
01 December 1990
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Forum: Don't count it, audit - A warning for environmental scientists
01 December 1990
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Forum: Let me through, I'm a lawyer - A worrying trend in medicine
01 December 1990
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Go in the machine
01 December 1990
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Letter: Patent checks
01 December 1990
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Letter: Carbon copy
01 December 1990
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Letter: Bracken blues
01 December 1990
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Letter: Tomorrow people
01 December 1990
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Letter: Tomorrow people
01 December 1990
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Letter: Age old problem
01 December 1990
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Letter: Body double
01 December 1990
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Letter: Explosive work
01 December 1990
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Letter: Explosive work
01 December 1990
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Letter: Servicing the deaf
01 December 1990
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Ariadne
01 December 1990
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Forum: Inside the postgraduate poverty trap - It's not just undergraduates who have a raw deal
01 December 1990
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Review: Gasps of wonder - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Chaos from Cornwall - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Bend it, break it, build with it - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: There was a jolly miller - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: There I was, nothing on the clock - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Just wild about bats - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Blow, blow, thou winter's cold - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: A frabjous book - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Tales of the weird and wonderful - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: They never yet could find my measure - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Videos
01 December 1990
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Review: Mandelbrot's set on a mug - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents - Dudley Moore
01 December 1990
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Review: Cultivate a weather eye - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: An 18th-century eye on nature - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Visitors of mystery - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Work it out for yourself - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Wet, wet, wet - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: The autumn yields it crop of greenery - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Stars of wonder, stars of light - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: How can you draw a crater on the Moon, sketch a glowing nebula or photograph a constellation? - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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Review: Botanical treasures from the tomb - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
01 December 1990
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No forensic evidence against Birmingham Six
24 November 1990
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Gene therapy 'yes'
24 November 1990
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Planet meets plasma
24 November 1990
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Embarrassing waste
24 November 1990
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Mission impossible
24 November 1990
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CTCs in doubt
24 November 1990
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Mud slung at games
24 November 1990
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Call for watchdog to improve safety at sea
24 November 1990
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Europe wrangles over cash to shore up science
24 November 1990
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Third World's finest snapped up by the West
24 November 1990
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East German science flounders under unity
24 November 1990
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Life-saving inhaler may damage the heart
24 November 1990
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Australia weighs up the options on Maralinga
24 November 1990
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Science: Scientists almost make water freeze at freezing point
24 November 1990
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Technology: The dangers faced by ships in port
24 November 1990
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Technology: Robot arm elbows into the jet washing business
24 November 1990
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Unsafe haste
24 November 1990
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Saturn's spot just keeps on growing
24 November 1990
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A touch of Tokyo in Surrey: Japan is beginning to invest in research projects abroad. While British science benefits from the extra resources, the Japanese hope to learn more creative ways of working
24 November 1990
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Fury over 'delayed' AIDS drug
24 November 1990
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Talking Point: Let's stop this waste of human resources
24 November 1990
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Comment: Wasted effort?
24 November 1990
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Bhopal polluters accused of hypocrisy
24 November 1990
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Timber traders promise 'too little'
24 November 1990
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Hazardous industries screened for cancer
24 November 1990
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Royal reprieve for Japan's blue coral
24 November 1990
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Beleaguered 'Esprit' fights off its critics
24 November 1990
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Iraq opens its doors to nuclear inspectors
24 November 1990
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Britain shifts position on Antarctica
24 November 1990
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Science: The history of the ozone layer
24 November 1990
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Science: Why two penises are so much better than one
24 November 1990
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Science: Did a comet end the Triassic period?
24 November 1990
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Science: The peculiar properties of molecules in cages
24 November 1990
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Science: Of mice and monarch butterflies
24 November 1990
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Comment: Back to school
24 November 1990
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Technology: Superconducting circuits - getting warmer
24 November 1990
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Letter: Prime subjects
24 November 1990
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Forum: Pity the poor laboratory mouse - Its life has always been hard cheese
24 November 1990
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Review: Advances in school biology
24 November 1990
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Review: What lies beneath our feet
24 November 1990
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Letter: Fish farmers
24 November 1990
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Letter: Early birds
24 November 1990
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Letter: Balls of fire
24 November 1990
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Letter: Leg before cricket
24 November 1990
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Letter: Museum priorities
24 November 1990
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Feedback
24 November 1990
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Thistle diary: Where's the cement? - Comment from Westminster
24 November 1990
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Letter: Fossil footsteps
24 November 1990
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Letter: French lessons
24 November 1990
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Letter: Second language
24 November 1990
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Letter: Job competition
24 November 1990
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Ariadne
24 November 1990
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Forum: Sorry, the whalemeat is frozen - If you go to Japan, be ready to eat fish
24 November 1990
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Forum: How to get a share of the Brussels billions - How to find Community funding
24 November 1990
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Forum: Sellout of the century - Consumer spending cannot save the rainforest
24 November 1990
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Technology: Coated bulbs lighten the power load
24 November 1990
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Technology: Sony winds up Philips in digital tape war
24 November 1990
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Technology: Beam me up, Kenji
24 November 1990
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Patents: Faces on the phone
24 November 1990
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Patents: Rearguard message
24 November 1990
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Patents: Shortened life for drug patents
24 November 1990
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Patents: High-specs specs
24 November 1990
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Patents: Instant settlement
24 November 1990
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Technology: Air-driven train gives commuters a smoother ride
24 November 1990
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Computers: How to do everything at once
24 November 1990
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Breaching the blood-brain barrier: The brain has gatekeepers that let in essential nutrients but keep out substances in the blood that would interfere with its nerve cells. Studies of this barrier may lead to ways of supplying drugs to the otherwise inac
24 November 1990
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Review: Domesticators prefer blondes
24 November 1990
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The man who proved Einstein was wrong: Albert Einstein never
24 November 1990
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Moths with a taste for tears: Insects that live off the tears of mammals find the secretions a tasty and nutritious food. The moths wisely favour mild-mannered herbivores as their victims
24 November 1990
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Poisoned prey in the heart of Africa: DDT and dieldrin are banned or restricted in most developed countries. But these pesticides may still be killing African birds of prey
24 November 1990
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The rough road to slaughter: Farm animals often spend their last days travelling long distances cramped into lorries, hungry and thirsty. The single European market for 1992 may make matters worse. But there are ways to transport animals in far less disc
24 November 1990
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El Nino warning
17 November 1990
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Nuclear defects
17 November 1990
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No religion here
17 November 1990
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Drugs cut fat
17 November 1990
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Human error in the air: The report on the M1 plane crash at Kegworth last year underlines the importance of the 'human factor' for safety
17 November 1990
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Radioactive waste heads for home
17 November 1990
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Black day for California's 'Big Green'
17 November 1990
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Science: Canadians find oldest multicellular animals
17 November 1990
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Science: Were the dinosaurs dealt a killer blow at Yucatan?
17 November 1990
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Science: Neutrinos from the Sun shake up laws of physics
17 November 1990
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Science: Bone find confuses Asian ape's relatives
17 November 1990
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Science: Underwater gold
17 November 1990
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Science: Soviet theory may explain galaxy clustering
17 November 1990
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Technology: Race to find the fastest car under the Sun
17 November 1990
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Science: Cocaine and alcohol make a heart-stopping cocktail
17 November 1990
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Science: Branching molecules that mimic biochemicals
17 November 1990
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Science: HIV enters brain cells through surface receptor
17 November 1990
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Science saved from worst cuts
17 November 1990
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Jobs freeze forced on Britian's Medical Research Council
17 November 1990
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NASA's incredible shrinking space station
17 November 1990
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Australia counts cost of Maralinga cleanup
17 November 1990
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Comment: Safety offshore
17 November 1990
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Comment: Global warning
17 November 1990
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Antarctica, a tale of two treaties
17 November 1990
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Africa needs science, not just technology
17 November 1990
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Piper Alpha rewrites the rules on offshore safety
17 November 1990
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No red greens in the eco-cafe
17 November 1990
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Deer become victims of their own success
17 November 1990
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Japanese clash over computers of the future
17 November 1990
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'Years of neglect' led to beryllium blast
17 November 1990
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Climate conference ends in disarray
17 November 1990
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Gag removed
17 November 1990
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Setting sail on a wing and a computer
17 November 1990
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Sky law
17 November 1990
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Mean achievement
17 November 1990
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Talking Point: The need for change in maths education
17 November 1990
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Letter: Stuff and nonsense
17 November 1990
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Review: A new industry for palaeontologists
17 November 1990
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Thistle Diary: Programs, patents and life - Comment from Westminister
17 November 1990
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Forum: Your Monet or your life - Why people won't queue for chemistry
17 November 1990
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Letter: Sparing Power
17 November 1990
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Feedback
17 November 1990
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Forum: Half-living in the past - A bone to pick with archaeologists
17 November 1990
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Letter: Deaf approaches
17 November 1990
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Letter: Big bang
17 November 1990
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Letter: Joint discovery
17 November 1990
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Letter: In the drink
17 November 1990
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Letter: Rabies protection
17 November 1990
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Letter: Pinch of salt
17 November 1990
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Letter: Sea change
17 November 1990
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Letter: Tyre retreads
17 November 1990
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Letter: Tyre retreads
17 November 1990
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Ariadne
17 November 1990
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Review: Bohm versus Bohr
17 November 1990
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Review: Enduring images
17 November 1990
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Technology: Iron Age buckets yield their secrets to X-rays
17 November 1990
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Technology: A home cure for the video jitters
17 November 1990
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Technology: Polymers bring a glow to TV screens
17 November 1990
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Technology: Magnets keep their attraction when the heat is on
17 November 1990
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The Asian connection: Where did we evolve? Recently discovered fossils suggest that our origins may have been in Asia, not Africa. But the debate still rages
17 November 1990
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Technology: Aerial scanner seeks chemical hot spots
17 November 1990
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Technology: Radio and TV stations get a fix on cars
17 November 1990
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Africa's growing AIDS crisis: Even when the West manages to develop a vaccine against HIV, poverty could prevent an effective attack on AIDS in Africa. Few Western scientists have shown interest in the problem
17 November 1990
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Molecules waiting to be made: Modern chemistry, like modern architecture, deals with structures whose design is constrained by natural forces, as well as depending on their eventual use. Drawing blueprints for new molecules not only provides chemists wi
17 November 1990
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Prudent planning for a warmer planet
17 November 1990
Why should we do anything about global warming? Measures to combat it will be both costly and expensive. But action taken now, even if only as an insurance policy, will bring a host of other environmental and economic benefits
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Forum: School's out for the future - The crisis in South Africa's education system
17 November 1990
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Forum: The vocation of science - Be careful who will validate your degree
17 November 1990
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Review: Chunks of ice, oceans of life
17 November 1990
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Review: Maps of misery and hope
17 November 1990
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Review: Finding fault with the landscape
17 November 1990
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Ivory, the case against the ban: Last October, most governments voted to outlaw the trade in ivory. But a few important ones refused to support the ban, arguing that controlled trade regulated by an 'ivory exchange' will do more to safeguard the African
17 November 1990
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Television: Botany's most famous garden
17 November 1990
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Science: Tailored 'antibodies' speed up chemical reactions
10 November 1990
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Science: Opium deprivation could make you suicidal
10 November 1990
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Science: Fungus defeats ravenous rhinoceros beetle
10 November 1990
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Science: Hormone jab may herald male contraceptive
10 November 1990
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Science: Oldest creepies crawled the land in Shropshire
10 November 1990
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Technology: Europe misled over wave energy
10 November 1990
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Technology: Putting a beam on the face of dental patients
10 November 1990
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Science: X-rays illuminate the dark side of the Moon
10 November 1990
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Science: New kind of matter turns up in cosmic rays
10 November 1990
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Trade deals a blow to the environment: International rules governing trade aim to stamp out protectionism, but they may destroy Third World attempts to protect the environment and achieve sustainable development
10 November 1990
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Greener towns
10 November 1990
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Education reshuffle
10 November 1990
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Call for cooperation
10 November 1990
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Bytes for dyslexia
10 November 1990
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Think tank's new boss
10 November 1990
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Saving the sea
10 November 1990
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Guyana's gold diggers dredge up trouble
10 November 1990
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Unwholesome Hamburg unearths a poisonous past
10 November 1990
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Heavyweight cure for seasick passengers
10 November 1990
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Comment: BSB's bubble bursts
10 November 1990
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Patents blow the lid on cold fusion
10 November 1990
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Comment: Can GATT go green?
10 November 1990
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Thatcher, it all depends on maths
10 November 1990
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High-definition TV sacrificed in satellie merger
10 November 1990
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Shrinking funds hold back climate research
10 November 1990
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Scientists clash with politicians over CO
2 emissions10 November 1990
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While Supreme Court debates a woman's right to be poisoned
10 November 1990
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Safety watchdog fails duty over lead checks
10 November 1990
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Bit-by-bit telescope assembled in Hawaii
10 November 1990
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Geologists race to catch volcano under the sea
10 November 1990
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AIDS vaccine tests 'more urgent' than HIV research
10 November 1990
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Maverick takes on critics of Tory science record
10 November 1990
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Nuclear advice
10 November 1990
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Britain's green bill becomes law
10 November 1990
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Talking point: Wanted - A target for renewable energy
10 November 1990
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Letter: Vitamin see
10 November 1990
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Review: There are no prophets with honour
10 November 1990
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Television: The market for intellectual property
10 November 1990
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Feedback
10 November 1990
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Thistle Diary: Another free run for MITI - Comment from Westminster
10 November 1990
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Forum: Please don't feed the media pigeons - Strutting journalists
10 November 1990
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Forum: Haute science - Fashion-fuelled innovation
10 November 1990
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Letter: Consuming passion
10 November 1990
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Letter: Gas escapes
10 November 1990
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Letter: Statistical saver
10 November 1990
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Letter: White-coated worker
10 November 1990
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Letter: Your article has implications
10 November 1990
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Letter: Rabies control
10 November 1990
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Ariadne
10 November 1990
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Letter: Wild about animals
10 November 1990
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Letter: Lotus position
10 November 1990
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Arts: Greazle, Globule and Gloop, Gremlins in the Works
10 November 1990
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Forum: A trauma waiting to happen, Disaster workers need help and support too
10 November 1990
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Forum: The market of a chemist - The distinguishing feature of his profession
10 November 1990
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Tussling tendrils win picture award
10 November 1990
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Technology: Crises fuel Japan's nuclear industry
10 November 1990
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Technology: Fatal flaw in BT's electronic directory
10 November 1990
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Technology: Many holograms multiply data storage
10 November 1990
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Technology: A lay guide to predicting pollution's patterns
10 November 1990
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The sea snakes are coming:c Will global warming bring the world's most poisonous snakes to Britain's shores? Zoologists have just begun to understand how they survive in the open sea
10 November 1990
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Technology: And give a different angle on the time
10 November 1990
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High and dry in the global greenhouse
10 November 1990
The first and most serious impact of global warming may be widespread drying. And drier soil will need more irrigation from scarcer water supplies
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One gene may not make a man: Earlier this year, geneticists claimed to have found a gene on the Y chromosome that conveys 'maleness' on a developing embryo. But is it really so simple?
10 November 1990
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Forum: How to be demonstrably entertaining - The play's the thing when lecturing
10 November 1990
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Scratching the surface of evolution: Opals, fossil teeth and ancient plants make an unusual combination. Together, they could help us to understand how our ancestors evolved
10 November 1990
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Review: The ties that bind so many chemicals
10 November 1990
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Review: The missing Arctic
10 November 1990
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Review: Invention's lost history
10 November 1990
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Video: DNA printing arrives on the box
10 November 1990
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Tracking down the noise polluters: A chanting football crowd seems deafening but the sound energy it generates is barely enough to fry an egg. Modern technology and tougher legislation have encouraged engineers to confront the problems of measuring sound
10 November 1990
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Have we the stomach for engineered food?: Britain's food producers do not have to tell the government's safety advisers if they want to genetically modify what we eat. But consumers may force them to be more open
03 November 1990
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Spectators suffer for their sport
03 November 1990
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Explosive report
03 November 1990
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Clean machine
03 November 1990
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Reef relief
03 November 1990
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Tunnel vision
03 November 1990
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Species RIP
03 November 1990
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Nuclear probe
03 November 1990
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Science: ROSAT reveals the invisible X-ray universe
03 November 1990
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Science: Toughened sperm survive the stresses of ejaculation
03 November 1990
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Science: Overweight women are more likely to have a disabling disease
03 November 1990
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Science: Memory molecule with a mind like a computer
03 November 1990
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Science: Monster galaxy dominates cluster
03 November 1990
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Science: Fossil birds force an evolutionary re-think
03 November 1990
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Nicotine on the brain: Nicotine is now known to be as addictive as cocaine or alcohol. Finding out what it does in a smoker's brain may lead to better strategies for giving up
03 November 1990
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Technology: Test-bed shakes tower blocks to limits
03 November 1990
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Dolphin virus threatens last remaining monk seals
03 November 1990
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Dirty dealing
03 November 1990
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Nuclear test angers Soviet deputies
03 November 1990
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About-turn on official statistics
03 November 1990
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Science projects lost in corridors of power
03 November 1990
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Treasury tirggers British Library cash crisis
03 November 1990
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Japan loses enthusiasm for supercollider
03 November 1990
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Cold fusion pioneer shuns the limelight
03 November 1990
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Talking Point: A new clue to the real Piltdown forger?
03 November 1990
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Comment: The call of nature?
03 November 1990
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Kew project renews hope for Brazil's poorest
03 November 1990
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Europe split on policy to stem global warming
03 November 1990
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Congress gets tough on heavy polluters
03 November 1990
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US and Britain top nuclear dumping league
03 November 1990
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As Californians vote on the 'Big Green'
03 November 1990
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Germany restricts embryo research
03 November 1990
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Abortion pill may help fight breast cancer
03 November 1990
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Talks sink plans to clean up Mediterranean
03 November 1990
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Comment: Foreign relations
03 November 1990
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Technology: Tyre power scheme 'too ambitious'
03 November 1990
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Thistle Diary: All test and no purpose - Comment from Westminster
03 November 1990
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Forum: Bakari's perspective - Corruption begins at home
03 November 1990
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Ariadne
03 November 1990
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Letter: Call Correct
03 November 1990
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Letter: Code of conduct
03 November 1990
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Letter: Sea horse
03 November 1990
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Letter: Solar engine driver
03 November 1990
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Letter: Retiring sorts
03 November 1990
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Letter: Top of the pops
03 November 1990
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Letter: Second wind
03 November 1990
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Letter: Museum motion
03 November 1990
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Letter: High-flying ozone
03 November 1990
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Letter: Sound credit
03 November 1990
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Letter: Chinese junk
03 November 1990
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Letter: Student misery
03 November 1990
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Feedback
03 November 1990
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Forum: It's always too soon for some - A strong feeling of climatic deja vu
03 November 1990
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Forum: What's in name? - Warning, labels may affect your perception
03 November 1990
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Technology: Aircraft firefighters learn a new drill
03 November 1990
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Technology: Phone callers can fool identity systems
03 November 1990
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Technology: BBC scrambles to run subscription TV
03 November 1990
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Who should pay for global warming?: If the world agrees to cut down on emissions of carbon dioxide, how will it happen? The first of a series examining the changing climate considers whether taxes on greenhouse gases would make us change the way we live
03 November 1990
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Underwater, out of mind: Freshwater fish worldwide are among the most endangered of all animals. But there are so many kinds and huge gaps in basic knowledge about them
03 November 1990
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Designer eyes for seabirds of the night: How does a Manx shearwater find its burrow in pitch darkness and find its way across vast ocean wastes? It helps to have eyes like nothing else on Earth
03 November 1990
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The power behind the Sun: It is 70 years since the pioneering astrophysicist Arthur Eddington told the scientific world that the source of power that keeps the Sun hot must be subatomic energy
03 November 1990
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Review: Blow-up models of our Universe
03 November 1990
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Review: The physicist's gift of the gab
03 November 1990
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Review: Enquire within on radiation
03 November 1990
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Review: Bites of pleasure
03 November 1990
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The world at your fingertips
03 November 1990
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Art: Mondrian with chips
03 November 1990
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Forum: Put biology up where it belongs - Physics has just been better at playing the game of power politics
03 November 1990
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Forum: Back to school for graduates - Learning to live outside academia
03 November 1990
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Genes that control genes
03 November 1990