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Technology: Sensitive seismometers to straddle the globe
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Technology: A sticky way to numb the gums
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Review: The autumn yields it crop of greenery – Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
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Art: Mondrian with chips
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Technology: Gene machine could speed up human genome project
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Technology: Robots learn to mind the furniture
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Review: The good, the bad and the green in Amazonia
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Technology: Quick-change plastic may make for cheaper chips
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Technology: Wood waste pumps oil
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Technology: . . . while recycling could make power supplies soar
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Computer modelling makes jet engines less noxious . . .
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Technology: Ultrapure diamonds take the heat off chips
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