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person on mobile phone

Health

From the archives 20 years ago: the great phone cancer scare

In April 1999, 91av decided to test 'radiation protection devices' against the harmful effects of mobile phones

tree cells close up

Life

Wood under the microscope shows mistletoe invasions and tangled cells

pope ring cartoon

Feedback: The pope does his best to minimise the spread of disease

Toe uncurling

Fuzzy thinking (continued)

Current Affairs

Getting Ahead

Speed Limits

oil spill

Environment

From the archives: When oil turned Alaska’s coastline black

sherlock holmes dog cartoon

Feedback: China plans to clone Sherlock to help sniff out super crooks

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

You say tomato

Take a bite

Space reflectors

Lighter Earth