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August 2006

August 2006






Here are the contents of this month’s issue. As a courtesy we have provided you with links to some of the stories listed below. Alternatively, click here to order your own subscription today!

Web Extra: Five Ways to Spot a Liar
Discover the verbal and body-language clues

Home, Smart Home
In the future, when you talk to the walls, you might find them answering back

Power Dressing
Clothing that plays music, changes colour, monitors your heart rate . . . welcome to tomorrow’s “smart suit”

Umama!
Uma Thurman admits she’s still learning how to balance single motherhood and superstardom

Kindness of Strangers: Changing My World View
My brother's sight was saved by a pure act of humanity

My Story: In the Path of a Bushfire
An eery dimness was the first clue that something was terribly wrong

Right Here, Right Now
A Table in the Kitchen

RD Living
Appetising adjectives; The scientifically perfect bottom

Iran: Our Next Crisis?
How we can avoid another war in the Middle East – and what average Iranians think about the West. Download the Complete Poll of What Iranians Believe

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Forget Me Not
A virus destroyed one man’s memory – but not his love for his wife

Call of the Wild
Wildlife photography at its most brilliant and surprising

Three Hours of Fear and Hope
The seat-back TVs brought the passengers some bad news – about their own plane

50 Habits of ‘Naturally Thin’ People
The everyday activities that can really burn off the kilojoules

Star Struck
Astronomy filled his childhood with wonder. Now it was time to recapture that awe – even if it meant blowing the household budget

The Check-Up That Can Save Your Life
Been finding weak excuses to put off a routine visit to the dentist? Here’s how you can do yourself a huge favour

Walk of Fame
In Bangladesh, a traveller gets treated like a film star – until he puts his foot in it

Book Bonus: The Most Secret Agent
Forget cloak-and-dagger espionage. This US spy for the CIA learnt to spot the enemy by tapping into his psychic powers