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Health
HEART SICK
Young gorillas in U.S. zoos
are dying of cardiac disease.

Life
HEARING NEMO
They don't talk and they don't sing,
but oh, what a ruckus the world's
fish are making!

Earth
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Have geoscientists at last invented
an effective early-warning
system for earthquakes?

Physical
THE AIR DOWN THERE
A proposed plant for Iowa would
store wind power underground
for later use.

Discoveries
Astronomers now call Pluto a plutoid.
Doctors know what didn't kill Napoleon.
Giant alien mice are terrorizing an island.
Drilling set off mud volcano disaster.
Students invent easy-to-build solar collector.
Strange fish discovered near Indonesia.

Physical
EAR ACHE
Records labels are cranking up
the sound of music to
earsplitting levels.

Earth
WHAT A DUMP
The world's biggest trash heap
is stewing in the Pacific Ocean.

Life
HELLO KITTY!
When Thompson the house cat gets
into trouble, his wild Middle Eastern
roots are showing.

Health
MIRACLE GROW
New medical technologies are enabling
people to regenerate body parts.

Discoveries
Cooking oil thieves strike U.S. restaurants.
Greenland lake disappears in a day.
Ask Prof. O: Do cell phones cause cancer?
X-Frog has switchblade claws.
Mysterious flashes on the moon identified.
Bike equipped with jet engine blasts off.

Earth
GOT WATER?
To cope with drought, Westerners
are drinking recycled sewage.

Health
TWO AGAINST ONE
Two new therapies promise to slow
the development of and even
prevent type 1 diabetes.

Life
RED ALERT
The gray squirrel from North
America is crowding out Great
Britain's native red squirrel?

Physical
SUPER POWER
Introducing Current Science's new comic,
Lab Rats. In this issue, Jane explains
how the Super Soaker is being adapted
to create solar cells.

Discoveries
A huge sinkhole is swallowing a Texas town.
The Internet is out. The grid is in.
A flying fish sets an aerial record in Japan.
Gray whales are making an awful stink.
Gene therapy helps restore a man's eyesight.