Starry signposts to the Universe: Astronomers have new and accurate methods for measuring distances to the nearest galaxies. But these measurements also suggest that the Universe may be younger than its oldest stars
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Raising rice in Cambodia's ruins: Pol Pot's regime and its aftermath have devastated the once bountiful paddy fields of Cambodia. As the refugees return, what will they find?
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The first billion years of the British Isles: Studying the
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Dangerous dance of the dividing cell: Most cells divide at just the right moment, and in just the right place. Discovering the molecules that control this timing may help us to understand cancer
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How AIDS made patients act up
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Technology
Technology: 'Skimmer' plane takes off on wave of success
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Technology
Technology: Japanese fighter heads for grounding
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Science: Ripping yarn tells of Galaxy's starry past
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Science: 'Educated' rats learn to fight off diabetes
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Science: Only 120 light years to pulsar
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Science: Castrated top-dog fish fail to lose their balls
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Poplar power
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Dirty move
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Russian deals
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Space bid hit
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Place your call with the wind
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Life not snipped
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Hermes hold-up
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Friendly fire
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First collision
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Focus: How to destroy the doomsday asteroid - An asteroid collision that wipes out the human race sounds like science fiction. But in the US the threat is being taken very seriously
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Science: A dusty birth for new solar systems
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Science: Who's ever heard of a spitefule fish?
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Stuffed leopard gives smugglers' game away
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Zimbabwe's rhinos lose their horns
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Border crossing
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MPs investigate AIDS maverick
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There's no such thing as a free phone call
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Einstein's 'red' links were genuine
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Only fools still hunt for elusive red mercury
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Cocoa crash
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Despondency descends on Rio: Fred Pearce reports from the first week of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
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Industrial growth: Is it part of the solution
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Industrial growth: The root of the problem?
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Companies judged by deeds, not words
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Earth Summit: Rio rolls out red carpet while research funds run dry
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Earth Summit: Woodstock comes to the Amazon
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Earth Summit: Bush: why I won't sign the treaty
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World says 'no thanks' to Japanese computer
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High-risk plans for technology firms
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Glory of Nefertari's tomb restored
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Opinion
Features
Starry signposts to the Universe: Astronomers have new and accurate methods for measuring distances to the nearest galaxies. But these measurements also suggest that the Universe may be younger than its oldest stars
Features
Raising rice in Cambodia's ruins: Pol Pot's regime and its aftermath have devastated the once bountiful paddy fields of Cambodia. As the refugees return, what will they find?
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The first billion years of the British Isles: Studying the
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Dangerous dance of the dividing cell: Most cells divide at just the right moment, and in just the right place. Discovering the molecules that control this timing may help us to understand cancer
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How AIDS made patients act up
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