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1 August 1998

Issue 2145

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Swim like a fish

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New study of the clitoris reveals truths missed by anatomy textbooks

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Supercool water

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Rocket revolutionary

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A regular pain

A KIND of headache that mainly afflicts men may be triggered in the part of the brain that controls daily rhythms. So-called cluster headaches strike at the same time each day for about a month then disappear for long periods, sometimes years. Peter Goadsby and his colleagues at the Institute of Neurology in London used …

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Pump action

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Now you see it . . .

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Steaming towers rise from the deep

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Standby flyby

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Clear blue water

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In the dock

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Muddy waters

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Oil boom junk will not be sunk

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Who's a pretty boy, then?

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Bone dead

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Killer voles

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That cheese sounds great

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Visited upon the children

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Too damned hot

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Technology

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Technology

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Technology

Bladerunning

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A high price for fidelity

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Boxing clever

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High anxiety

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Getting back to our routes

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Box of tricks

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Clever pipework takes the heat out of frying chips

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Hammered

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Like she is spoke

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Solo flight

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Cast aside

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Lost slot

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Indelible evidence

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The Earth could be in for an electrifying time

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Power boost

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Mine hunter

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Technology

My old flame

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Technology

Frozen stiff

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Technology

Don't call me

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Little helpers

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Lost for words

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Antisense starts making sense

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No stopping them

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Late learners

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An alien diet

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A life or death decision

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Getting warmer

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Sniffing danger

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New spin for science

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Fire down below

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Clot buster

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Up to their necks in it

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Fast work

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Features

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Swim like a fish

THERE'S humiliation and then there's real humiliation. While swimming in the local outdoor pool in Canberra, a guy swept past me like a torpedo to my tugboat. I felt bad. I actually rocked in the water as he swam by. But the feeling didn't last long once I realised that the torpedo was Alexander Popov, …

Features

New study of the clitoris reveals truths missed by anatomy textbooks

Features

Supercool water

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Rocket revolutionary

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Industrial research for a PhD

Researching for a PhD used to be a straightforward academic matter, completed within the ivory towers of a university. Now PhD students in science and engineering are far more likely to have industrial involvement in their studies. When Sarah Garrod left school, she joined Smith-Kline Beecham as a technician. The company encouraged her to study …

Careers

Collision course

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Back to basics

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Forum

An absorbing way to freshen food

Forum

Astronomy Café by Sten Odenwald

Books & Arts

from Cambridge

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Cash and kudos

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All the beef in Berlin

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Splice of life

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Slightly acidic

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Know all

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Fighting fits

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Fine young camels

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God's proofs

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Proof positive

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The Last Word

Route master Question: How does a blind person's guide dog know where its owner wants to go each day? For example, if the owner wants to go to the supermarket, how does he let his guide dog know? Answer: As a guide dog owner of 19 years' standing (and walking), I feel qualified to answer …

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