Difference engine: Waste not, want not
With demand outstripping supply, people will have to start drinking waste-water(52)
Monday January 23rd 2012
Water management
Solar energy
Flower power
In matters of clever design, nature has often got there first(3)
Flu research and biological warfare
No end to complications
A continuing furore over the rights and wrongs of research into deadly influenza strains(11)
Exercise and longevity
Worth all the sweat
Just why exercise is so good for people is, at last, being understood(35)
Medical technology
The kindness of strangers
A new, open-source robot should make surgery safer and more effective(13)
Combating pests
A new debugger
How to get rid of bloodsucking insects(26)
Civilian drones
Difference engine: Unblinking eye in the sky
Privacy could be a big issue as drones leave the battlefield for police forces(44)
The leap second
Their time has come
Are leap seconds about to be abolished?(38)
Military technology
Magic bullets
Smart ammunition is about to make things a lot more dangerous for guerrillas fighting regular troops(49)
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Power from the sea
Second time around…Ocean heat may be used to generate electricity (44)
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China’s space programme
Rockets galoreThe next decade will see China become a space power, as well as an earthly one (185)
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Aesthetics and money
Fiddling with the mindOld, expensive violins are not always better than new, cheap ones (28)
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Flu research and biological warfare
A deadly balanceWhen does research enhance security, and when does it diminish it? (12)
Feature
The galaxy's most livable spots
Life on Mars (and elsewhere)
A new index scores planetary bodies on their suitability for life
Babbage
Our science and technology blog dispels myths at 10,000 metres, thinks big in space and witnesses trade shows' dwindling clout
Babbage podcast
In our weekly Babbage podcast we discuss how Wikipedia went dark in protest at American anti-piracy legislation, Israeli startups are booming and Apple disclosed information about its suppliers
The Difference Engine
Our weekly column argues that with demand outstripping supply, Americans will have to start drinking waste-water
Peer review
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Nanometre-sized wires do not succumb to quantum weirdness
Nature News
Organic agriculture may be outgrowing its ideals
New York Times
The siren call of logical positivism
For every problem, there is a simple solution: neat, plausible and wrong
Quantum Diaries
BizTech
Business stories with a technological dimension
Even in Israel, it is hard to turn young companies into adults
Why America is wrong to fear Asian innovation
The trade gap between America and China is much exaggerated—if iPads are anything to go by
Sciences Po
Political stories with a scientific dimension
A backlash from the internet community against attempts to rein in content thieves
South Africa's education standards still leave a lot to be desired
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Black ops
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