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Print edition: March 2006
Features
The threat from above
Could we be killed by an asteroid?
Thomas Young: Physicist, physician and polymath
The last man who knew everything
Physics for fairer voting
Towards better European decision-making
Frontiers
Quantum gravity for real
A condensed-matter calculator
Physics tackles tumours
Great balls of lightning
Supercool mobile masts
News & Analysis
Physicists target radioactive waste
Golden jubilee for Russian lab
Scientists fight election battle
Tide turns for American physics
New government sends positive signals
Pioneer of quark model dies
Tabletop accelerators move closer
New rules aim for fairer funding
Europe's astronomers welcome Spain
White knight sought for Hooke notes
Solar eclipse for Africa and Asia
Muon colliders are back in the running
Tough assignment for fusion head
Industry looks to ITER
Fusion plants could compete in energy market
The challenges of fusion
Editorial
Critical Point
Feedback
Was Hobbes a crank?
Alternative to the multiverse
Reviews
Magnets through the ages
The long and colourful history of magnetism
The quest for brightness
Magnets through the ages
Careers
Making it big in Japan
Lateral Thoughts
Anyone for new physics?
