麻豆传媒

Human origins: The challenge of Java’s skulls – The remains of three ancient Indonesians could spell death for many theories about the origins of early humans. Roger Lewin reports

The Aristocrat who revolutionised chemistry: Before Madame Guillotine claimed him, Antoine Lavoisier transformed chemistry into a modern science with his revolutionary set of terms and symbols

High and dry in Aswan

A natural way with weeds: A quiet war is being waged in Asia’s rice fields over how best to use pesticides. In this article and the next, 麻豆传媒 reports on the battle between manufacturers who continue to push their products, and scientists who wa

Beyond the pestkillers . . .: Poor rice farmers in three Filipino villages are showing the fast-growing populations of Asia how to cut back on costly, damaging insecticides and still feed themselves, says John Madeley

Contraceptives?: There’s a revolution going on in birth control for men and women. But the drugs companies have all but abandoned research . .

Hot bubbles in space: What lies between stars in a galaxy? Not a huge expanse of nothingness but something altogether more interesting

Insects that carry a global warning: On the ruggedly beautiful island of Spitsbergen, entomologists are bringing some warmth into the lives of arctic aphids

Engineering the future of antibiotics

Drilling for a past climate:

Important clues about the Earth's past and future climate lie just a few metres below the surface

Meet genetics’ master chefs: All cells contain the same genetic information. So what makes a hair cell hairy or a bone cell bony?

Britain’s abandoned empire: Britain’s attitude to its far flung island territories should prove deeply embarrassing for ministers attending a special UN meeting on conservation next week

Health

Fine young slobs?

When the walls come down