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Britain shifts position on Antarctica
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Naval architects wrangle over cracked carriers
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Hot summer comes up to scratch
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The risks of ferry travel
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The year the taps ran dry: Britain’s sweltering summer ismore than a repeat of the freak weather of 1976. This year’s heat wave ispart of a drought that is afflicting most countries in Europe
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Technology: Cracks begin to show in modern tanker design
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Technology: Fibres down the tube
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Science carries the can for Maguire Seven convictions
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Will taxonomy go the way of the dinosaurs?: Plans to drop research in some areas of science at the Natural History Museum in London have led to protests from scientists across the world
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. . . as dry spell saps British soil
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Museum spells out job losses
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Technology: Traffic lights learn to go with the flow
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