When scorpions ruled the world: Scorpions took the big step onto solid ground about 300 million years ago. Scottish fossils reveal how they evolved to leave the seas and become the first predators on land
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Earth
The race to heal the ozone hole
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Ancestral voices at war: Linguists in the US are engaged in a bloody battle over the origins of American Indian languages - and the ancestry of the people who speak them. The science of archaeology and molecular biology may settle the dispute
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Earth
Last days of the old night bird
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China's silent summer: Many scientists are leaving China in the aftermath of the massacre in June last year in Tiananmen Square. Those that remain face cuts in student numbers and funding - not to mention political re-education and military service
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Greening of Industry: The Consumers are not so Green - Last year many people said they would buy environmentally friendly goods. This year, such products are left on the shelves. What went wrong?
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Greening of Industry: Checks on environmental pollution
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Greening of Industry: A chip off the old expert - People with the expertise to manage the environment are in short supply. Computers, equipped with the experts' know-how, can act as stand-ins
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Greening of Industry: The Green Wave Heads East - Large areas of Eastern Europe are heavily polluted from antiquated, badly run factories. How much will increased trade with the West change that?
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Technology
Technology: The long, sharp shock for contaminated land
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Science: Hunting ladybirds need a helping hand
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Science: A simple model for planets' magnetic fields?
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Science: The day the Sweet Track was built
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Science: Bronchitis drug may help AIDS sufferers
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Science: Worm gives clues to the destruction of nerve cells
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Tough physics
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AIDS conference
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West removes more bricks from the technology wall
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Science: Uranium dating delves deeper into the past
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Technology
Technology: Budget squeeze puts the heat on early-warning system
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Physicits drop Brazilian bombshell
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Zoos 'must join forces' to save threatened habitats
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Britain's bats come out for the count
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Europe's space science short of money
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'Mystery' illness claims French cattle
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American detective finds fresh clues to Piltdown mystery
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Gene culprits
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Overseas study
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A look back at the Solar System
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Nuclear Japanese
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CFC warning
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East meets West
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AIDS vaccine shows promise in humans
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'Selective' TV documentary attacked by AIDS researchers
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Bombings set back animal welfare campaigns
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Gunfight at the cold fusion corral
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Vets targeted in bombing attacks
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Opinion
Features
When scorpions ruled the world: Scorpions took the big step onto solid ground about 300 million years ago. Scottish fossils reveal how they evolved to leave the seas and become the first predators on land
Features
Earth
The race to heal the ozone hole
Features
Ancestral voices at war: Linguists in the US are engaged in a bloody battle over the origins of American Indian languages - and the ancestry of the people who speak them. The science of archaeology and molecular biology may settle the dispute
Features
Earth
Last days of the old night bird
Features
China's silent summer: Many scientists are leaving China in the aftermath of the massacre in June last year in Tiananmen Square. Those that remain face cuts in student numbers and funding - not to mention political re-education and military service
Features
Greening of Industry: The Consumers are not so Green - Last year many people said they would buy environmentally friendly goods. This year, such products are left on the shelves. What went wrong?
Features
Greening of Industry: Checks on environmental pollution
Features
Greening of Industry: A chip off the old expert - People with the expertise to manage the environment are in short supply. Computers, equipped with the experts' know-how, can act as stand-ins
Features
Greening of Industry: The Green Wave Heads East - Large areas of Eastern Europe are heavily polluted from antiquated, badly run factories. How much will increased trade with the West change that?
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