February - 1990 Articles
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Supernova pulsar was just a flash in the pan
24 February 1990
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Chimp virus
24 February 1990
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Flood waters dampen researchers' drive
24 February 1990
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Plan for whales
24 February 1990
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Eau fizzles out
24 February 1990
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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science: Another ozone hole opens up over New Zealand
24 February 1990
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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science: . . . but medical research foresees the apocalypse
24 February 1990
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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science: Adapting to global warming will be easy, says archaeologist . . .
24 February 1990
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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science: Habits of consumption create energy addicts
24 February 1990
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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science: Estimates of sea level rise cut by half
24 February 1990
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The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science: The days of the kiwi fruit may be numbered
24 February 1990
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Technology: Japan puts its money into two-faced materials
24 February 1990
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Technology: Electronic camera captures number plates in the fast lane
24 February 1990
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Technology: Superconductors need impurities to stop creeping current
24 February 1990
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Technology: Simulator helps doctors and midwives to avoid breakages at birth
24 February 1990
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Portrait of an exploding star: Exactly three years ago, a star blew itself apart in a nearby galaxy. Astronomers have now laid bare the details of the explosion
24 February 1990
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Science: Superheavy elements could be more stable than
24 February 1990
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Technology: East and West reach for the Open Skies
24 February 1990
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Cocom relaxes
24 February 1990
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Poles' science axed
24 February 1990
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Canadians accuse US of 'hysteria' over drugs
24 February 1990
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Nerve discovery confuses debate on laboratory monkeys
24 February 1990
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India helps the Caribbean to exploit its marine wealth
24 February 1990
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Relief workers move to tackle Romanian AIDS epidemic
24 February 1990
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Soldiers 'sacrificed to clean up Chernobyl'
24 February 1990
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Leukaemia study sparks review of radiation limits
24 February 1990
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Prehistoric people 'ruined their own environment'
24 February 1990
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Burning questions answered about red hot peppers
24 February 1990
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Genome scientists map out details of five-year plan
24 February 1990
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Secrecy under the ice frustrates global warming studies
24 February 1990
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: American nuclear industry may have a future yet
24 February 1990
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science: Tropical farmers 'at risk' from pesticides
24 February 1990
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Science: Prehistoric farming caused 'devastating' soil erosion
24 February 1990
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Science: Infrared eye discovers new volcano on Jupiter's moon
24 February 1990
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Science: Britain must learn to farm in the greenhouse
24 February 1990
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Stone flower
24 February 1990
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Bone marrow baby
24 February 1990
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Technology: Computers that bend the rules of animation
24 February 1990
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Statistical concern
24 February 1990
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Thistle Diary - More Comment From Westminster: Of public health and private plans
24 February 1990
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Forum: Now you see it . . . Now you don't! - A pathological tendency among astronomers
24 February 1990
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Ariadne
24 February 1990
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Feedback
24 February 1990
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A theory of some gravity
24 February 1990
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Space agency jogs Giotto towards a new job
24 February 1990
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File closes on North Sea rig disaster
24 February 1990
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Inside science: Evidence of the eclipse
24 February 1990
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Letter: Hong Kong's push
24 February 1990
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Letter: Use of jargon
24 February 1990
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Letter: Abductions
24 February 1990
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Letter: Sense of romance
24 February 1990
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Letter: Research goes west
24 February 1990
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Letter: Sharp criticism
24 February 1990
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Letter: Sense of direction
24 February 1990
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Letter: Women in science
24 February 1990
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A climate of uncertainty
24 February 1990
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Forum: A class apart? - How do you define an archaeologist?
24 February 1990
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Chemistry's driving forces / Review of ' Molecular Machinery - The Principles and Powers of Chemistry by Andrew Scott
24 February 1990
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Metals put alkanes into action: Industrialised countries under-exploit one of their most precious resources - petroleum. About half of its components are too inert to be useful. Now chemists think they have discovered how to put these lazy molecules to w
24 February 1990
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Patents: Do-it-yourself searches for patents
24 February 1990
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Who's a clever parrot, then?: Few people would think it ethical to keep an ape in a cage in their front room, but parrots may be as bright as primates. And trade in parrots as pets is driving many to extinction
24 February 1990
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Technology: A breath of fresh air turns methane into petrol
24 February 1990
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Patents: Time for a change
24 February 1990
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Patents: The human factor
24 February 1990
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Patents: Money in marks
24 February 1990
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Patents: Spun out tale
24 February 1990
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Another life for electronics: As our homes fill with conventional electronics, Japanese firms are looking for new ways of selling us their products. And from experience, there is little we can do to stop them
24 February 1990
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In search of empty space - the Cluster mission: Space is not as empty as it sounds. Four European satellites will take a close look at the Earth's surroundings in the middle of the 90s, hoping to find out how auroras form. The results could reveal secret
24 February 1990
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Pick Of The Paperbacks
24 February 1990
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The ties that bind the Third World / Review of 'Exploited Earth - Britain's Aid and the Environment' by Teresa Hayter
24 February 1990
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Mock not to mock a mockingbird / Review of 'To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles' by Raymond Smullyan
24 February 1990
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Insight at Wallewerang / Review of 'Charles Darwin in Australia' by F. W. and J. M. Nicholas
24 February 1990
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Forum: If only things had been different .. - Gail Vines talks to Stephen Jay Gould about the role of contingency in evolution
24 February 1990
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Forum: Pennies from heaven - The consequences of working to a budget
24 February 1990
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As long as he loves his mother / Review of 'Oedipus in Evolution - A New Theory of Sex' by Christopher Badcock
24 February 1990
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Creators not copycats / Review of ' The Formation of Science in Japan' by James R. Bartholomew
24 February 1990
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High winds wreak havoc with records
17 February 1990
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Irradiated food - too hot to handle?
17 February 1990
The British government will soon present parliament with a bill to allow food to be sterilised by irradiation. But is the process safe, and do we really need it?
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Science: Molecular biology solves the riddle of Mendel's wrinkly peas
17 February 1990
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Link money
17 February 1990
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Do-it-yourself danger
17 February 1990
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Kites killed
17 February 1990
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HIV appeal
17 February 1990
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Crystal surprise
17 February 1990
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Science: AIDS drug goes on trial in manipulated mice
17 February 1990
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Science: Poison oak has the power to split DNA
17 February 1990
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Science: First success for fetal transplants in Parkinson's disease
17 February 1990
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Science: Does a spinning mass really lose weight?
17 February 1990
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Science: Chemists penetrate benzene's final disguise
17 February 1990
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Science: Genital warts may not always be spread by sex
17 February 1990
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Science: WIMPs could make stars appear older than they are
17 February 1990
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Technology: A new handle on tennis elbow
17 February 1990
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Technology: A salt-free diet for ailing roads?
17 February 1990
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Galileo's glitch
17 February 1990
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Sick trees
17 February 1990
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Indian nuclear plants accused over radioactive discharges
17 February 1990
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Peers seek more money for Third World technology
17 February 1990
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Wellcome to back genome project
17 February 1990
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New hitches may cut Channel Tunnel's capacity
17 February 1990
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EEC members 'ignore green directives'
17 February 1990
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Animal researchers to get legal aid
17 February 1990
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European nations want action now on global warming
17 February 1990
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Soviet psychiatrists 'paid to issue false diagnoses'
17 February 1990
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Embryo research: Peers set the tone for Commons debate on embryo research
17 February 1990
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Neutron reactor lands in hot water
17 February 1990
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French research centre admits cancer risk
17 February 1990
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Look after yourself
17 February 1990
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Developing a policy
17 February 1990
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Marshall admits failure on nuclear power
17 February 1990
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Americans deprived of contraceptive choice, says report
17 February 1990
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Jungle fire puts rare animals at risk
17 February 1990
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Prince's forest plea
17 February 1990
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Letter: Unit mistrust
17 February 1990
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Thistle Diary - More comment from Westminster: Dead on arrival
17 February 1990
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Forum: Ministers decide, professionals despair - The government's attitude to professionals
17 February 1990
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Feedback
17 February 1990
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Forum: Strike, counterstrike / Fears of an escalation in the publications race
17 February 1990
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Letter: Drawing the line
17 February 1990
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Letter: Ceausescu's fellowship
17 February 1990
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Ariadne
17 February 1990
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Correction
17 February 1990
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Letter: It's a washout
17 February 1990
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Letter: Star turn
17 February 1990
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Letter: Sale of ivory
17 February 1990
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Letter: Perceptions of time
17 February 1990
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Letter: Books in the making
17 February 1990
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Letter: Beating bed bugs
17 February 1990
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Letter: Beating bed bugs
17 February 1990
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Letter: Valuable coppice
17 February 1990
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Makers of medical history / Review of 'Historical Perspectives on the Role of the MRC' edited by Joan Austoker and Linda Bryder
17 February 1990
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Forum: Good breeding doesn't always show - When it comes to zoos, appearances can be deceptive
17 February 1990
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Technology: Our fibres go further than yours, say Japanese
17 February 1990
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Technology: It's cooler with propane
17 February 1990
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Technology: Cooked cockroaches
17 February 1990
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Technology: Star pupils
17 February 1990
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Technology: Europe battles to clean up its cars
17 February 1990
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The dilemma of the jet set
17 February 1990
Jet-propelled animals were a great success in Palaeozoic seas. When fish arrived on the scene, squids and their relatives faded into obscurity. Modern members of the jet set are trying cheaper ways to get around
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Behind the face of malnutrition: What causes malnutrition? Simple lack of food is not always the answer. It could be fungal toxins, damage by free radicals or lack of protein
17 February 1990
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Technology: Sun-lovers turn to nature for protection
17 February 1990
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The pixelated detector: Collecting data as patterns of lightor subatomic particles is vitally important in all the sciences. The newgeneration of solid-state detectors called pixel devices could transformexperimental research at all levels
17 February 1990
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Nuclear power goes to the polls: On Sunday Japanese votersgo to the polls. For the first time in more than 30 years, the country'sdomination by one party is threatened. The opposition parties have promisedto end the nuclear industry's cosy relationship wi
17 February 1990
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Money for old soap / Review of 'The Faith Healers' by James Randi
17 February 1990
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The ecology of attraction / Review of 'Sexual Selection' by James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould
17 February 1990
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Review of 'A field guide to the crops of Britian and Europe' by G M de Rougemont
17 February 1990
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Winning ways with Tech Speak
17 February 1990
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Deceptive practices / Review of 'The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS' by Michael Fumento
17 February 1990
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The geothermal potential of a hot spring bath
17 February 1990
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Addicted to research / Review of 'Brainstorming: The Science and Politics of Opiate Research' By Solomon Snyder and 'Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery' By Jeff Goldberg
17 February 1990
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Loire reprieve
10 February 1990
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Secret AIDS unit shut
10 February 1990
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So long, suckers: it's flatworms' turn
10 February 1990
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Wrong skull
10 February 1990
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Rice genome
10 February 1990
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Radioactive erosion
10 February 1990
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East-West cooperation
10 February 1990
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Ministers accused of lax attitude to contaminated land
10 February 1990
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Science: Erratic pulsar is quaking at its core
10 February 1990
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Science: Sulphur pools on Earth give clues about Jupiter's volcanic moon
10 February 1990
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Science: Transplanted eggs can create ovaries
10 February 1990
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Science: Organic superconductors begin to show promise
10 February 1990
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Science: Population 'bottlenecks' enhance a species' genetic resources
10 February 1990
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Science: Astronomers witness the birth of quasar twins
10 February 1990
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HIV estimates down
10 February 1990
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Biotechnology call
10 February 1990
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Home thoughts from abroad: Oh, to be in Britain! Many of the scientists who have left for Europe and the US would like to come back. First, they told Mrs Thatcher this week, they need to feel wanted
10 February 1990
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Gene test for cystic fibrosis sparks off screening debate
10 February 1990
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Crisis looms for science as teenagers abandon higher education
10 February 1990
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We won't return until you pay more, say scientists
10 February 1990
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Pretoria reforms raise hopes on science links
10 February 1990
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Five-year wait predicted for genome project
10 February 1990
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Bush rejects scientists' call for action on global warming
10 February 1990
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NASA moves to defuse space station row
10 February 1990
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Drugs giant takes over Genentech
10 February 1990
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MPs frustrated by sewage scientists' fallout over outfalls
10 February 1990
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Brussels under pressure as Germany fights to keep pollutant
10 February 1990
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Hello? Is there anyone out there?
10 February 1990
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East-West cable snagged by technology embargo
10 February 1990
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Methanol use in Brazilian cars 'would endanger health'
10 February 1990
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Rocky dwarfs and gassy giants
10 February 1990
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Forum: Never say die - Why are doctors so reluctant to admit defeat?
10 February 1990
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Letter Conforming to type?
10 February 1990
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Ariadne
10 February 1990
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Letter: Duck!
10 February 1990
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Letter: Digital manouevres
10 February 1990
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A brewer's tale / Review of 'James Joule: A Biography' by Donald S L Cardwell
10 February 1990
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Unearthly sciences / Review of 'Planetary Geosciences 1988' edited by Maria Zuber
10 February 1990
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Many faces of Eve's daughters and sons / Review of 'Subpersonalities' by John Rowan
10 February 1990
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In the name of science / Review of 'Lyndon LaRouche and The New American Fascism' by Dennis King
10 February 1990
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Feedback
10 February 1990
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Poor relations
10 February 1990
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Will they ever learn?
10 February 1990
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Thistle Diary - More Comment from Westminster: Crime, cars and vanishing hedgerows
10 February 1990
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Forum: A year in a thousand - The debate about when the millennium ends
10 February 1990
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Letter: Tropical grasslands
10 February 1990
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Letter: Irradiated food
10 February 1990
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Forum: Where do we go from here? - The break-up of the Nature Conservancy Council
10 February 1990
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Technology: Oceanographers make a noise to test the water
10 February 1990
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Technology: The starchiest plastic that leaves no trace
10 February 1990
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Technology: Smart cards hold the key to the scrambled satellite picture
10 February 1990
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Molecular clocks run out of time: The theory that we can date the birth of new species by charting the steady accumulation of mutations over evolutionary time is in serious trouble
10 February 1990
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Technology: Rival company takes a broader view
10 February 1990
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Technology: Civilians outgunned in race to optical processing
10 February 1990
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Technology: Texas finds fresh fibres for tomorrow's news
10 February 1990
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Technology: Japan flexes its artificial muscles in the search for new treatments
10 February 1990
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Forum: Western idealism; Third World pragmatism - Reconcile Western scientific thought with the needs of developing countries
10 February 1990
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Inside the AIDS virus: Everyone wants a cure for AIDS. To find it, biology must meet one of its steepest challenges - finding out precisely how the virus devastates the immune system
10 February 1990
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What dark matter means to us / Review of 'The Stuff of the Universe*' by John Gribbin and Martin Rees
10 February 1990
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Metals set a trap for nitrogen: Just when the chemists thought they understood how bacteria fix nitrogen, biologists found mutant microbes that do it differently. The search for a model that can explain the process reveals some fascinating chemistry
10 February 1990
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Computers weave a new fashion: Textile manufacturers no longer need so many artists to create their wares. Computers are cutting corners in the design process
10 February 1990
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Particle detectors come out of the laboratory: There is more to a particle physicist than a theoretician working on fundamental research with no practical use. Many are skilled inventors who have developed new kinds of technology that is benefiting indus
10 February 1990
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Asian prawns go wild in the Channel
03 February 1990
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Europe misses the picture: The electronics industry in Europe thought it could take on Japan over new television systems. For those aware of the past, the whole show seems to be yet another repeat
03 February 1990
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Science: Mapping the extent of the Great Attractor
03 February 1990
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Science: The computer search for a projective plane of order 10
03 February 1990
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Science: Mammoth killers could have done it with stone
03 February 1990
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Science: Lasers may probe the charge distribution of the vacuum
03 February 1990
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... though still plenty for Star Wars
03 February 1990
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An ill wind
03 February 1990
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Merchant muck
03 February 1990
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Heavy drinking
03 February 1990
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Scientific core
03 February 1990
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Technology: Excited crystals put the squeeze on light
03 February 1990
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Science: Warming may disrupt nutrient-rich ocean currents
03 February 1990
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Science: Greenhouse makes Greenland ice grow
03 February 1990
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Technology: Japan begins international project for the factory of the future
03 February 1990
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Technology: Spliced plants open up the field for hybrid crops
03 February 1990
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Venice turns the tide on its polluted lagoon
03 February 1990
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America's migrating birds decline as tropical forests shrink
03 February 1990
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Not so serenissima
03 February 1990
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Magic numbers
03 February 1990
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American laboratory claims breakthrough in optical processing
03 February 1990
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The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
03 February 1990
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How the weather forecasters got it right this time
03 February 1990
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Did the greenhouse effect cause the storm?
03 February 1990
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Canberra scraps plans for media service
03 February 1990
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Food tests raise fears over 'mad cow' disease
03 February 1990
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Elena Ceausescu stifled AIDS research as Romanian infection spread
03 February 1990
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Ozone loss will hit health and food, says UN study
03 February 1990
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Strasbourg calls for boycott of AIDS conference
03 February 1990
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Fewer guns, but not much butter, in Bush's budget . . .
03 February 1990
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Brussels wants tougher ozone rules
03 February 1990
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Nuclear aid
03 February 1990
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Moon shot
03 February 1990
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Paper tigers
03 February 1990
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Technology: Mosaic bacteria move into the market
03 February 1990
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Technology: Chicken power
03 February 1990
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Forum: Taking on the experts - The seemingly insurmountable difficulties facing amateur scientists
03 February 1990
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Feedback
03 February 1990
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Forum: Mammoths out of mothballs - Hopes of a revival are a little premature
03 February 1990
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Thistle Diary - More comment from Westminster Of markets, security and missing nets
03 February 1990
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Letter: Control of medicines
03 February 1990
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Letter: Audio mirrors
03 February 1990
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Letter: Black humour
03 February 1990
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Letter: Sounds of music
03 February 1990
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Letter: Ceausescu's fellowship
03 February 1990
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Origin of the chemical elements
03 February 1990
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Ariadne
03 February 1990
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Letter: Which donkey?
03 February 1990
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Letter: Green Christmas
03 February 1990
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Letter: Origins of incense
03 February 1990
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Letter: Horsetail's tale
03 February 1990
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Forum: Form of address - It's best to keep it short
03 February 1990
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Forum: Expanding words, expanding minds - Jargon is too useful to be left to specialists
03 February 1990
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Technology: Midget machine puts recording on a new track
03 February 1990
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Cities against the seas
03 February 1990
The greenhouse effect may bring catastrophic changes to our climate in the next century, on the other hand, it may not. How would you respond to the conflicting advice if you were running a city that may, or may not, be inundated
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The throwaway tail: Lizards often give up their tails to escape from predators. How and when they do so depends on their evolutionary history and the complex relationship between benefits and costs
03 February 1990
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Technology: Muscle movements on video tell a tale of evolution by the millisecond
03 February 1990
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Sounding out new chemistry: Ultrasonic waves can create temperatures as high as those at the surface of the Sun, and pressures as high as those in the deepest oceans. Not surprisingly, ultrasound produces some interesting chemistry, as researchers are fi
03 February 1990
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Watching the wobbling Sun: The Sun expands and contracts by a few tens of metres every five minutes or so. To measure these tiny vibrations, teams of astronomers have to watch continually around the globe
03 February 1990
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The Sun should never set on GONG
03 February 1990
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Fixing the nitrogen fixers: We need plants to feed the world. Plants need nitrogen. Genetic engineering promises to help them to fix their own supply of nitrogen, but how far away is that promise?
03 February 1990
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There are not many snakes in the grass, alas / Review of 'Conservation of European Reptiles and Amphibians' by Keith Corbett and Christopher Helm and 'Snakes and Lizards' By Tom Langton
03 February 1990
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Californian dreams of ET / Review of 'Abductions: Encounters with with Extraterrestrials' by Edith Fiore
03 February 1990
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Codes of conduct for computers / Review of 'Benefits and Risks of Knowledge-Based Systems' by the Council for Science and Society, and 'XSEL's Progress: The Continuing Journey of an Expert System' by E. Mumford and W. B. MacDonald
03 February 1990
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The past writ in water / Review of 'People of the Wetlands: Bogs, Bodies and Lake-Dwellers' by Bryony and John Coles
03 February 1990
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Plantation policies for saving trees / Review of 'No Timber Without Trees: Sustainability in the Tropical Forest' by Duncan Poore, Peter Burgess, John Palmer, Simon Rietbergen and Timothy Synnott
03 February 1990
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Harness the waters / Review of 'Taming The Flood' by Jeremy Purseglove
03 February 1990
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Forum: Sex and sensibility - The problems in interpreting statistics
03 February 1990
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Letter: Albert's gall
03 February 1990