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Busted! The myth of technological progress
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This week's magazine
29 September 2012
Issue 2884
Editor's picks
Reality: The definition
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Physics
Reality: The bedrock of it all
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Physics
Reality: Is matter real?
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Physics
Reality: Is everything made of numbers?
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Physics
Reality: A universe of information
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Humans
Reality: How does consciousness fit in?
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Humans
Reality: How can we know it exists?
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Physics
Reality: The future
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Table of contents
News
Mind
Russian chemist faces trial over expert testimony
Olga Zelenina has been released from prison for now, but will still be put on trial for "doing her job" as an expert witness in drug trafficking case
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Health
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes slip through the net
News
Health
Threatwatch: New killer virus in the Middle East
News
Earth
Poll deals climate change blow for Mitt Romney
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Earth
Storm over genetically modified maize study worsens
News
60 Seconds
News
Earth
Climate change already harming the global economy
News
Space
California space law boosts business, not safety
News
Health
Ageing cells offer new target for Alzheimer’s therapy
News
Earth
Causality test could help preserve the natural world
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Life
Burn victim identified by maggots on body
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Earth
Earth cracking up under Indian Ocean
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Health
Space surgery possible with zero-gravity tool
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Space
Solar maximum? Oh, you just missed it
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Environment
Crustaceans hide their true age in stomach
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Environment
Vampire squid from hell eats faeces to survive depths
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Health
Can castration really prolong a man’s life?
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Health
Oldest dental filling is found in a Stone Age tooth
News
Health
Cheap ‘postage stamp’ test monitors liver health
News
Physics
Atomic clocks get a grip on gravity
News
Space
Asteroid Vesta’s hydrogen suggests water-delivery role
News
Earth
Weird waves help model tsunamis’ destructive potential
News
Technology
GPS workaround helps make dumb phones smart
News
Technology
Snakes on a plane slither in engines
News
Humans
Jazz-singing robot could shed light on consciousness
News
Health
Home prenatal scans help keep babies safe
News
Opinion
Reality: ineffable, but impossible to forsake
Whatever your definition of reality, you can't avoid it
Opinion
Technology
The Singularity is upon us? Not so fast
Opinion
Cause test could end up in court
Opinion
The US presidential election is no contest
Opinion
Space
Getting down with the cavenauts in training
Opinion
Space
Physicist: ‘I carried a gun. And learned calculus’
Opinion
Features
Earth
Busted! The myth of technological progress
The history of technology holds some salutary lessons for anyone who blithely believes there is a high-tech fix for all our 21st-century problems
Features
Reality: The definition
Features
Physics
Reality: The bedrock of it all
Features
Physics
Reality: Is matter real?
Features
Physics
Reality: Is everything made of numbers?
Features
Physics
Reality: A universe of information
Features
Humans
Reality: How does consciousness fit in?
Features
Humans
Reality: How can we know it exists?
Features
Physics
Reality: The future
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Culture
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