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Technology: Taking the twinkle out of stars
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Science: American glasnost explains problems with gamma-rays
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US makes room for partners in space
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Vietnam looks to Western science: Withdrawal of its troops from Kampuchea, should gain Vietnam the West’s political approval. The country’s scientists hope that this will lead to more projects with Western scientists
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Technology: Satellite-watchers at the bottom of the garden
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Bush names a champion for science
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Magellan makes ready for flight to Venus
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Technology: Space industry seeks out tough transputers
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Takeover battle threatens semiconductor research centre
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Mars programme in jeopardy as mission fails
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Poisonous prelude to a precarious mission . . .
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Britain scythes farm research
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