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BIO FUELS
Water: Under pressure
As of World Water Day in March 2008, more than billion people around the world still lack access to safe drinking water and two billion have little or no sanitation. As water is sucked up by demands for food and energy, and its distribution on the planet is changed by climate change, what can be done to ensure water availability for the future?
19 March 2008
Malaria
The malaria crisis is starting to yield to new tools and strategies, made possible by a substantial bump in funds - from less than $100 million in the late 1990s to almost $1 billion for 2008. The current goal is to reduce malaria deaths by half, worldwide, by 2010. Can this wad of cash strike the killer blow?
27 February 2008
2007 in review
This was the year that James Watson and Craig Venter had their genomes sequenced, ice-free water opened up the Northwest passage, a group of scientists co-won the Nobel Peace Prize, and monkeys were cloned to make stem cells. Take our tour down memory lane, find out whatever happened to some of your favourite stories of the year, and get a hint of what's in store for 2008.
21 December 2007
We recommend
Here's a sampling of our previous specials. See the chronological and alphabetical listings below for the full archive.
Football World Cup
It's football's biggest festival. For the next month, the hopes of millions of fans will be focused on Germany, where 32 nations are battling for the most glittering prize in sport. As the soccer showpiece kicks off, Nature looks at the science of balls, boots, goals, gambling, and whether it's really ok to have sex before a big game.
09 June 2006
Chimp genome
Scientists have sequenced the genetic code of our closest living relative - the chimpanzee. Find out what we have already discovered from this genome, what we hope to learn, and how it is holding up a mirror to our own humanity.
31 August 2005
Space shuttle: Return to flight
After more than two years without a space-shuttle mission, in July 2005 NASA finally returns to human space flight. With the launch of the Discovery, astronauts once again aim to make the return trip to the International Space Station under the steam of a US craft. Here Nature celebrates this return to flight.
As of World Water Day in March 2008, more than billion people around the world still lack access to safe drinking water and two billion have little or no sanitation. As water is sucked up by demands for food and energy, and its distribution on the planet is changed by climate change, what can be done to ensure water availability for the future?
19 March 2008
Malaria
The malaria crisis is starting to yield to new tools and strategies, made possible by a substantial bump in funds - from less than $100 million in the late 1990s to almost $1 billion for 2008. The current goal is to reduce malaria deaths by half, worldwide, by 2010. Can this wad of cash strike the killer blow?
27 February 2008
2007 in review
This was the year that James Watson and Craig Venter had their genomes sequenced, ice-free water opened up the Northwest passage, a group of scientists co-won the Nobel Peace Prize, and monkeys were cloned to make stem cells. Take our tour down memory lane, find out whatever happened to some of your favourite stories of the year, and get a hint of what's in store for 2008.
21 December 2007
We recommend
Here's a sampling of our previous specials. See the chronological and alphabetical listings below for the full archive.
Football World Cup
It's football's biggest festival. For the next month, the hopes of millions of fans will be focused on Germany, where 32 nations are battling for the most glittering prize in sport. As the soccer showpiece kicks off, Nature looks at the science of balls, boots, goals, gambling, and whether it's really ok to have sex before a big game.
09 June 2006
Chimp genome
Scientists have sequenced the genetic code of our closest living relative - the chimpanzee. Find out what we have already discovered from this genome, what we hope to learn, and how it is holding up a mirror to our own humanity.
31 August 2005
Space shuttle: Return to flight
After more than two years without a space-shuttle mission, in July 2005 NASA finally returns to human space flight. With the launch of the Discovery, astronauts once again aim to make the return trip to the International Space Station under the steam of a US craft. Here Nature celebrates this return to flight.
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