The day the world nearly died
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Archaeology takes to the skies: Researchers still need trowels to dig out the past. But with new technology they could find out nearly as much without touching Earth
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Neutrons tackle 'sludge science': Many everyday materials can be a nightmare to study. Now neutrons from nuclear reactors provide a tool for investigating the dynamics of soft condensed matter
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Life and death in the condemned cell: Doomed cells never die, they just self-destruct. This strange phenomenon is crucial to fighting infection and disease
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Europe switches on electronics: The ESPRIT research programme aimed to make Europe a leading player in world electronics. But recent changes could replace competition against Japan and the US with collaboration
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Science: Americans join debate over AIDS vaccine
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Technology: Mouse cells engineer hope for diabetes treatment
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Technology: Will 'cheap' offer win battle for phone frequencies in the sky?
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Technology: Bacterial image detector spots anything that moves
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Technology: Torrent of formats face TV programme makers
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Technology: Yeast gives semiconductors a lift
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Technology: Salvaged satellite will work better than ever
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Slimy passenger to take part in microgravity experiments
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Patents: Perfumed pistes
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Patents: Pop-up sack
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Patents: Secrecy loophole puts public at risk
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Patents: Shock treatment
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Patents: Lost in space
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Patents: Water stroller
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Patents: Flower power
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Patents: Patents information
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Science: Eccentric test for pulsar's planets
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Science: Organic molecules from space rained down on early Earth
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Science: Geologists solve evolutionary puzzle
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Investigate thyself
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Wider concerns
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Isis success
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Science: Earth's field flips flipping fast
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Science: Bizarre bacterium in a class of its own
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Oriental biosphere
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Threat to cattle
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Two in one
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Grottiness removed from grottos
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Timely ban
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Clout for engineers
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Gene linked to early hardening of arteries
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Fears of Arctic Chernobyl put Norway on alert
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France under pressure to conserve Guiana rainforest
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Water watchdog curbs use of disinfectants
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Strong calls for global guardians
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Industry slams draft law on novel organisms
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Poison floods threaten Cornish waters
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Pentagon reveals secret nuclear-powered rocket
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Politicians shrink from science
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The multimillion dollar academic swindle
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UN misled press over Iraq's nuclear plans
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Clean air will expose Europe to global warming
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War machine catapults back into history books
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Travellers gain hepatitis A vaccine
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Gene therapy wins official blessing
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'Blackout' over technology sale
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Opinion
Features
The day the world nearly died
Features
Archaeology takes to the skies: Researchers still need trowels to dig out the past. But with new technology they could find out nearly as much without touching Earth
Features
Neutrons tackle 'sludge science': Many everyday materials can be a nightmare to study. Now neutrons from nuclear reactors provide a tool for investigating the dynamics of soft condensed matter
Features
Life and death in the condemned cell: Doomed cells never die, they just self-destruct. This strange phenomenon is crucial to fighting infection and disease
Features
Europe switches on electronics: The ESPRIT research programme aimed to make Europe a leading player in world electronics. But recent changes could replace competition against Japan and the US with collaboration
Features
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Review: Freud's ring of confidence
Books & Arts
Review: A more acceptable universe
Books & Arts
Review: Piecing together ancient history
Books & Arts
Forum: Is there anybody there? - If industry is to take academics seriously, it must first find them, says Michael Kenward
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Forum: You too can gain from the election - Ian MacKillop has some systems for profiting from politics
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Forum: How to win yourself a Nobel prize - Amir Amirani has some tips for aspiring laureates
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Forum: Think before you ask - Barry Fox is exasperated with casual requests for information
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Thistle Diary: An impact too far - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
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Review: Dazzling the eyes of the beholders
Books & Arts
Review: A long way down the atomic road
Books & Arts
Review: Biology's colonial record
Books & Arts
Review: Crime and quantum physics
Books & Arts
Review: A worldwide protection racket
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Review: In search of a methematics of meaning
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