January - 1990 Articles
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Back to the bench
27 January 1990
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USSR calls for green code
27 January 1990
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Dutch euthanasia provokes storm
27 January 1990
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A unifying force for Third World science
27 January 1990
For 25 years, Abdus Salam has built up the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste. Now he wants it to be a model for centres of excellence in other disciplines
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Science: Plan to map dark matter in the Milky Way
27 January 1990
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Science: Ancient hunters kept their meat under water
27 January 1990
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Science: Rainforest yields 'extinct' lemur
27 January 1990
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Science: Humans may have come from Greece, not Africa
27 January 1990
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Science: The making of a molecule in a billion billion
27 January 1990
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Science: Newborn stars may grow suddenly brighter
27 January 1990
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Science: Meteorites that struck Moon disrupted Earth's ionosphere
27 January 1990
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Technology: Proteins with a cool, quick test for salmonella
27 January 1990
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Technology: Sorry, no numbers - The day the US's telephone network crashed
27 January 1990
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Technology: Engine company goes for the strong, silent type
27 January 1990
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Technology: Japanese memory chips win another round
27 January 1990
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Sculptures in the void: You can look, but you can't touch. Computers and art meet to produce three-dimensional representations of sculptures that do not actually exist
27 January 1990
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Patents: It's not patently obvious
27 January 1990
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Global choking
27 January 1990
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New role for ABRC
27 January 1990
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Deformities found in North Sea fish embryos
27 January 1990
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Scotland to host rail gun test-bed
27 January 1990
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Hairy flights
27 January 1990
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Ignorance of malaria puts travellers at risk
27 January 1990
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'Hundreds killed' by South Africa's border fence
27 January 1990
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NASA report sparks tug of war over control of space policy
27 January 1990
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No evidence of asbestos danger in schools, say critics
27 January 1990
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US asks to rejoin East-West think tank
27 January 1990
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German scientists demand right to genetic research
27 January 1990
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NHS reforms 'could divert money from research'
27 January 1990
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Public debate rejected on tunnel safety
27 January 1990
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West German toxic waste may no longer go East
27 January 1990
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Britain in row with neighbours over North Sea dumping
27 January 1990
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Radioactive gas threatens three times as many homes as thought
27 January 1990
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'Ozone culprits' named by American pressure group
27 January 1990
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Death of cave research woman
27 January 1990
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Technology: Soot turns to diamond
27 January 1990
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Patents: Bloaters for breakfast?
27 January 1990
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Letter: Metered software
27 January 1990
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Letter: Transgenic trees
27 January 1990
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Letter: Trees on the move
27 January 1990
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Feedback
27 January 1990
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Forum: Research on a shoestring - All you need is a little ingenuity
27 January 1990
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Patents: Disc deal
27 January 1990
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Ariadne
27 January 1990
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Letter: Bowled over
27 January 1990
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Letter: Fair coppice?
27 January 1990
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Letter: Revealing hand
27 January 1990
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Letter: Puzzling preserves
27 January 1990
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Letter: Maintaining standards
27 January 1990
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Letter: Hungarian dam
27 January 1990
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Patents: CFC recycler
27 January 1990
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Patents: Benefits of death
27 January 1990
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Patents: Sounds balanced
27 January 1990
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Letter: Uses of ultrasound
27 January 1990
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Letter: Dark art
27 January 1990
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Technology: The bacteria at the heart of a good snowfall
27 January 1990
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Good vibrations from the stars: Our planet rings like a bell after a large earthquake. Stars can ring, too. Astronomers use these vibrations to probe stellar interiors and even estimate the age of the Universe
27 January 1990
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Techniques to create the nonexistent / Computer sculpture
27 January 1990
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Mind the bugs don't bite: Most people in Britain think bedbugs are a thing of the past. But despite the demolition of rundown housing where infestations were common, there is growing evidence that these parasites are on the increase in some towns and cit
27 January 1990
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You did it, didn't you?: The police often argue that the tough 'interviewing' of suspects is the best way to extract the truth. But such strategies are exactly the sort to provoke false confessions
27 January 1990
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The fats of evolution / Review of 'The Driving Force, Evolution and The Future' by Michael Crawford and David Marsh
27 January 1990
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Looking for trouble: Animals survive only by being vigilant for predators. How can we tell where an animal is looking and what it is looking for?
27 January 1990
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Clothing dry fragments of fossil bone / Review of 'In Human Evolution' by Maurice Wilson at the Natural History Museum
27 January 1990
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Maths on the road / Review of 'Pop Maths Roadshow'
27 January 1990
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Forum: If the shoe fits . . . - Who says scientists don't have soles?
27 January 1990
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Forum: If ethologists studied chairs - Can biologists even begin to be truly objective?
27 January 1990
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Thistle Diary - Another round-up from Westminster: Weapons, paternity suits and nuclear subs
27 January 1990
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Decision time for animals / Review of 'Problems of Animal Behaviour' by David McFarland
27 January 1990
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The late origins of Man / Review of 'Human Origins' edited by John Durant
27 January 1990
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A flood tide of numbers / Review of 'The Empire of Chance' by Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter, Lorraine Daston, John Beatty and Lorenz Kruger
27 January 1990
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Forum: A briefer history of time - Time isn't what it used to be
27 January 1990
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Forum: First, catch your baby - A plea for more romance in the schoolroom
27 January 1990
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Technology: Parallel power challenges the Crays
20 January 1990
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Science: Modern man not so modern
20 January 1990
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China denies physicist's move
20 January 1990
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Green sell under scrutiny
20 January 1990
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MPs attack health plans
20 January 1990
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German environment minister quits
20 January 1990
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Science: Junkie monkeys get a quick fix from grooming
20 January 1990
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Science: Molecular wires take on a new dimension
20 January 1990
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Science: Magnetic bacteria
20 January 1990
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Science: Shower power
20 January 1990
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Science: One big family
20 January 1990
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Science: 'Near-miss' asteroid revealed as two bodies
20 January 1990
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Science: Gene therapy inches closer
20 January 1990
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Technology: Californians brace themselves with steel against the Big One
20 January 1990
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Technology: Cable TV code may sink video pirates
20 January 1990
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Britain 'could wreck' Europe's fast reactor plans
20 January 1990
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Who's coming to Mars?: The US, the Soviet Union and Europe are poised to explore Mars during the 1990s. But Japanese researchers are worried that their country remains uncommitted
20 January 1990
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French fall out over embryo ethics
20 January 1990
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Comet will brighten April skies
20 January 1990
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Australia turns away Soviet research ship
20 January 1990
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BSB faces setback over business data service
20 January 1990
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Government rejects plea for single research council
20 January 1990
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Cosmic explorer finds the Universe is all too smooth
20 January 1990
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Satellite saved - and ready for inspection
20 January 1990
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Japan tackles the Moon from a new angle
20 January 1990
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Soil studies buried
20 January 1990
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Proton collider breaks the six-billion-dollar barrier
20 January 1990
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Inflation could wipe out increases for the science budget
20 January 1990
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Irradiated food for thought
20 January 1990
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US team verifies Soviet plan to land cosmonauts on the Moon
20 January 1990
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Rising sea levels could affect 300 million
20 January 1990
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Looser rules tempt genetic engineers East
20 January 1990
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Nervous response
20 January 1990
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Letter: Feeling the draught
20 January 1990
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Letter: Resident scientists
20 January 1990
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Letter: Resident scientists
20 January 1990
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Letter: Research on embryos
20 January 1990
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Letter: Light work
20 January 1990
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Letter: Equality for some
20 January 1990
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Letter: The lady vanishes
20 January 1990
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Feedback
20 January 1990
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Thistle Diary - More comment from Westminster: Of birds, monuments and overseas aid
20 January 1990
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Rays of confusion
20 January 1990
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Letter: Vaccine safety
20 January 1990
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Letter: Pavlovian response
20 January 1990
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Letter: Where there's muck. . .
20 January 1990
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Ariadne
20 January 1990
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Letter: Evolutionary trees
20 January 1990
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Forum: It doesn't always end in tears - The power of natural history museums
20 January 1990
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Technology: The videodisc selling point that dare not speak its name
20 January 1990
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Technology: Blood banks pick up their pintas from cows
20 January 1990
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Technology: Plastic magnets that turn in the cold
20 January 1990
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Bands across the water: Sailing boats spend at least eight months competing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, the sport's fastest and most hazardous event. The telecommunications industry is using the occasion to demonstrate just how small and tame
20 January 1990
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The neurologist of Avon: Four centuries on, the Bard's plays show a remarkable knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the brain. How did he gain such insights into the human condition?
20 January 1990
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Climate and history – the Westvikings' saga
20 January 1990
Greenland was once greener, and Iceland was once surrounded by ice. As the Viking settlers found out, the price of failing to adapt to a small shift in climate can be high
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A speck in an ocean of speculation / Review of 'Easter Island; The Mystery Solved' by Thor Heyerdahl
20 January 1990
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In search of brothers beyond
20 January 1990
Review of The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel by Eugene F. Mallove and Gregory L. Matloff
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When males are choosy: The stereotype of sex in the animal kingdom is stark and simple, a world of aggressive, randy males and coy, choosy females - But sex can be problematic even for males, and under certain circumstances they too can be choosy
20 January 1990
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Forum: Driven to distraction - The economics of company cars
20 January 1990
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Forum: A sense of wonder - Our understanding of technology
20 January 1990
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Rewards and punishments / Review of 'The Values of Psychotherapy' by Jeremy Holmes and Richard Lindley
20 January 1990
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Geography and human song: In the West, a tune often begins with a rising lilt. But music in other parts of the world seems to follow a different pattern. What might this tell us about our musical perceptions?
20 January 1990
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Forum: Let us now praise a famous woman / The questionable wisdom of British institutions in honouring Elena Ceausescu in the late 1970s
20 January 1990
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A little respect for our friends / Review of 'The Dreaded Comparison; Human and Animal Slavery' by Marjorie Spiegel, 'The Savour of Salt; A Henry Salt Anthology' edited by George and Willene Hendrick and 'Keyguide to Information Sources in Animal Rights'
20 January 1990
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Science: Warmer seas increase greenhouse effect
06 January 1990
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Science: 'Scars' connect classical and quantum theory
06 January 1990
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Science: Arctic ozone threatened
06 January 1990
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Balancing the carbon budget
06 January 1990
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Technology: Sloppy software was AIDS disc's Achilles heel
06 January 1990
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Science: Dark matter 'seen'
06 January 1990
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Science: Cell transplant relieves Parkinson's disease in rats
06 January 1990
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Science: 'Unimolecular' reaction breaks the chemical rules
06 January 1990
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Science: Astronomers gain insight into black hole accretion
06 January 1990
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Technology: Japan puts neural computers to work in their own write
06 January 1990
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Sing a song of megabytes: The music industry is hijacking technology designed for computers to herald the advent of the tapeless recording studio - and more electronic manipulation of sound
06 January 1990
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Technology: .. while a flatter pack and thin electrodes squeeze energy into awkward spaces
06 January 1990
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Are we missing the grass for the trees?: Amazonian rainforest going up in smoke has become a powerful image of environmental destruction and the growing threat from the greenhouse effect. Tropical grasslands have been almost totally ignored
06 January 1990
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Balloon prepares to swoop on drugs traffic
06 January 1990
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Hiroshima study shows higher risks of low-level radiation
06 January 1990
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Japan drags its feet on project to map the human genome
06 January 1990
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Cabinet papers reveal lost fight for science ministry
06 January 1990
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The bitter legacy of Romania's 'first lady of science'
06 January 1990
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The quake Australia thought could never happen
06 January 1990
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Nuclear news suppressed to thwart CND
06 January 1990
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Museums look for 'artistic' scientists
06 January 1990
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Canada's lawyers push for 14-day limit on embryo research
06 January 1990
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Screening could cut risk of hip fractures
06 January 1990
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Morocco braces as oil heads for coastline
06 January 1990
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Gaia theorist receives royal recognition
06 January 1990
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Nuclear weapons industry 'swept health risks under the carpet'
06 January 1990
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Government faces row over pollution data
06 January 1990
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Technology: Rechargeable battery unlocks the power of polymers . . .
06 January 1990
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Forum: Falling on your feet - A lesson in Japanese shoe etiquette
06 January 1990
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Forum: Going on a summer expedition? - Some advice for would-be Livingstones
06 January 1990
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Forum: Dark days for stereo systems
06 January 1990
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Letter: Thailand's forests
06 January 1990
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Letter: Heated debate
06 January 1990
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Letter: Save the fish!
06 January 1990
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Feedback
06 January 1990
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Thistle Diary - More Comment From Westminster: Genes, tax and charity
06 January 1990
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Ariadne
06 January 1990
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Ole Moore's Maniac
06 January 1990
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Letter: Shapes of balloons
06 January 1990
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Forum: The horsetail's tale - A relic from the Palaeozic era
06 January 1990
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Forum: Roses are black, violets are green - The emergence of amateur genetic engineers
06 January 1990
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Positive health in Peckham / Review of 'Being Me and Also Us, Lessons from the Peckham Experiment' by Alison Stallibrass
06 January 1990
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Technology: Ovulation captured live with ultrasound
06 January 1990
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Living of the fault line: The San Andreas fault is where the modern science of earthquake prediction began, yet quakes still surprise Californians. Last October's earthquake encouraged geologists who are finding clues to the next Big One in the landscape
06 January 1990
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Dreams that do what they're told: Most of us are deceived by dreams, manipulated while asleep. It doesn't have to be like that - lucid dreaming can put you back in control
06 January 1990
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Time and tide wait for no plaice
06 January 1990
Both fishermen and biologists would like to know more about the movements of fish in the North Sea. But how do you follow a fish?
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Follow that fin - the technology of tailing fish
06 January 1990
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Embryo research and genetic disease: By studying mice, scientists have found ways of detecting specific gene defects in very early embryos. Could such diagnosis be offered to people who risk passing on a severe genetic disease to their children?
06 January 1990
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Evolution's background noise / Review of 'The Darwinian Paradigm, Essays on its History, Philisophy and Religious Implications' by Michael Ruse
06 January 1990
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Morality and the test tube / Review of 'Experiments on Embryos' edited by Anthony Dyson and John Harris
06 January 1990
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Tribal demarcation / Review of 'Academic Tribes and Territories' by Tony Becher
06 January 1990
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History under wraps / Review of 'Mummies, Myth and Magic' by Christine El Mahdy
06 January 1990
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A caver's centenary / Review of 'A Man Deep In Mendip, The Caving Diaries of Harry Savory 1910-1921' edited by John Savory
06 January 1990
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Letter: Left in the dark
06 January 1990