December - 1997 Articles
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Let a thousand flowers bloom . . . - They're heavy metal's biggest fans—and they hang out in the seediest of places. Amy Adams gets a lesson in 90s-style flower power
20 December 1997
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Technofile : Cancer crop
20 December 1997
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Technofile : Babel fish
20 December 1997
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Where's Rudolph? - The lichens have died back, so reindeer herds must be slashed
20 December 1997
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In brief : Diabetes plant
20 December 1997
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In brief : Big freeze
20 December 1997
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In brief : Wet outlook for mutant salamander
20 December 1997
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Gel makes go-faster chips
20 December 1997
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Bolt from the blue - There are bigger hazards than noise for people living under a flight path
20 December 1997
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Beavers will be back, if Scots want them
20 December 1997
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Nature's way - Ancient inks will clean up desktop printers
20 December 1997
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Newswire : AIDS behind bars
20 December 1997
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Technofile : Sun farm
20 December 1997
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Technofile : Life savers
20 December 1997
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In brief : Down, down …
20 December 1997
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In brief : Death wish
20 December 1997
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In brief : Shaking all over
20 December 1997
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Movers and shakers - Can the sound of one snowflake stop a plane from crashing into a mountainside? Ian Stewart puts his ear to the ground
20 December 1997
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Too hot to handle - Just how dangerous are minute shards of radioactive metal?
20 December 1997
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Tiger proxy
20 December 1997
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Focus : Damage limitation - How can scientists work in sensitive ecosystems without harming them? A new set of Australian guidelines could help
20 December 1997
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Herbal remedies win respect
20 December 1997
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A deadly passion - How to lure wood-crunching termites to their doom
20 December 1997
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Exotic planet is gone with the wind
20 December 1997
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Gut feeling - A stomach ulcer vaccine is on the cards
20 December 1997
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Newswire : Cybercops unite
20 December 1997
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Newswire : Killer scratch
20 December 1997
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In mint condition . . . - Metallic mist saves Europe's oldest treasure-trove
20 December 1997
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Will Europe let C5 pump up the power?
20 December 1997
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Newswire : Bird flu spreads
20 December 1997
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Newswire : Observatory doomed
20 December 1997
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Newswire : Good blood
20 December 1997
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The drying of a continent - Earthquakes devastated early civilisations, scientists told the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco—but settlers elsewhere did some damage of their own. New Scientist reports
20 December 1997
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How the ancient world came to a shaky end
20 December 1997
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Germ warfare - Household cleaners help bugs dodge antibiotic weapons
20 December 1997
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Editorial : The roads to freedom
20 December 1997
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The cold light of day - Britain's culture of scientific secrecy could soon be swept away
20 December 1997
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Viral magic - Crops become biofactories
20 December 1997
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Patents : Grab that tree
20 December 1997
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Patents : Novel or not
20 December 1997
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Netropolitan : Festival fever
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Comprenez?
20 December 1997
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Video for the People - Tit-for-tat royalties will help spread the word in China
20 December 1997
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Whisky galore - Reconditioned casks are the key to a more mature flavour
20 December 1997
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Wolves out
20 December 1997
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Dirty dealings - A coup at Kyoto allows the US to buy the right to pollute
20 December 1997
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Peace in the forest - A remarkable discovery offers hope for the red squirrel
20 December 1997
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Patents : Food for fish
20 December 1997
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Editorial : Dear Santa, love Bill - Yet again, Microsoft has emerged unscathed from a legal tussle
20 December 1997
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All God's children got... - It's been keeping you up nights discussing the nature of being and reading drippy sonnets. Could your computer have developed soul, asks
Margaret Wertheim 20 December 1997
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Letters : Crest of the wave
20 December 1997
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Feedback
20 December 1997
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The last word
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Letters : Awful lot of coffee
20 December 1997
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Letters : Secret ingredient
20 December 1997
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Letters : Sorting the peas
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Letters : Face facts
20 December 1997
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Forum : Mendel in black - Could Hollywood be ready for the wilder shores of genetics, wonders Martin Brookes
20 December 1997
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Washington diary : - Andreas Frew reports from the heady heights of Capitol Hill
20 December 1997
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Letters : Watts from wind
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Letters : Wrong bay
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Letters : Sexing Teletubbies
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Letters : Rule maker
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Letters : Elbowed aside
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Letters : Eclipsed by clouds?
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Letters : Belligerent birds
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Letters : Blue Christmas
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Letters : W3 for me
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Forum : In the realm of intangibles - Len Fisher probes the mystical entities of religion and science
20 December 1997
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Palaces of memory - Poussin's all over the place, the Mona Lisa's probably a fake and they won't let you into the caves at Vallon. Don't worry, Bruce Durie has a cunning plan
20 December 1997
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Decisions, decisions - Could it be wedding bells for Josie and Adam or has Hugh got his sums wrong? Robert Matthews hopes they do the right thing
20 December 1997
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Review : Birth place of an idea
20 December 1997
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Knock knock who's there? - Stephanie Pain. And has she got bad news for deathwatch beetles . . .
20 December 1997
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Christmas quiz
20 December 1997
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Reckless raccoon's big day - It was just a lil ole piece of prairie before them there particle folk moved in. Now the critters are fighting back, says Marcus Chown
20 December 1997
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Dying to know - Would you lay your life on the line for a theory? Marcus Chown meets a man who's thinking about it
20 December 1997
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Drunk as a skunk - If hangover research ends up with people falling over in the lab, how on earth can we ever find a cure? Our man down the pub, Andy Coghlan, forced himself to find out
20 December 1997
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Stranger by the moment... - The kids are in a zero-calorie trance in front of the TV. Mum's crawling with demodex mites. And baby's eating chalk and wallpaper paste. Don't you just love Christmas, says David Bodanis
20 December 1997
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Sleepy heads - There's no better way of being out of it during the cruel winter months. Gail Vines lays down stores and prepares to turn into a dormouse
20 December 1997
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A mouldy old vintage - First lice, now black goo. Sounds like California's vine growers should just jump in a vat of Chardonnay and pull the lid down, says Lewis Perdue
20 December 1997
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Space attack! - There's a war going on in Deep Space for the hearts and minds of Earth's children . . . as they decide which space toy their poor parents will have to buy. Scott Lafee reports from the front line
20 December 1997
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Review : The African rift
20 December 1997
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Review : Bright blooms
20 December 1997
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Bestsellers : from Cape Town
20 December 1997
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Forum : A present for the future - Jon Noad offers a range of ways to cultivate Earthly perpetuity
20 December 1997
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Review : Fowl play
20 December 1997
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Review : Cultural deaths
20 December 1997
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Review : A long walk
20 December 1997
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Review : Ray van
20 December 1997
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Review : Soft bags of mortality
20 December 1997
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Review : Seeds of destruction
20 December 1997
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Review : Collected works - Carole Stott is starry-eyed about the year ahead with the cosmos
20 December 1997
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Review : Places of delight
20 December 1997
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Review : Confusion
20 December 1997
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Review : Devious descent
20 December 1997
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Light-hearted planet
13 December 1997
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Gutsy ancestors
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TVs that listen
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Once bitten
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Squeeze 'n' twist
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Sky high
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Blue light for safety
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The big picture
13 December 1997
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Per ardua ad astra
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Stomping ground
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Beam me up
13 December 1997
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Bad taste
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Tricksy TB gene
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Early warning system
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Cosmic glitter
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Wild Minds
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Deadly dinner
13 December 1997
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Tipping the scales of justice
13 December 1997
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Fake fat leak fuels funding fury
13 December 1997
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Noise power
13 December 1997
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Good news for extraterrestrials
13 December 1997
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It's a deal, but can it work?
13 December 1997
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A rotten prospect for the tropics
13 December 1997
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In fear of flu
13 December 1997
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Over and out
13 December 1997
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Halcion probe
13 December 1997
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Breast before bottle
13 December 1997
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Editorial : Out in the open - Deadly waste lurking on a cliff top will be the first nuclear test for Tony Blair
13 December 1997
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Editorial : Psst, wanna do a deal? - "FROM now on the political science takes over from the natural science." Or so John Prescott, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, announced on his arrival in Kyoto as a key broker in the endgame of the climate negotiation
13 December 1997
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Trading places
13 December 1997
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In the bag
13 December 1997
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The final cut
13 December 1997
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Space phone
13 December 1997
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Tiny T-junctions
13 December 1997
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Neutrons tame tumours
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Hop, skip and jump
13 December 1997
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Eels take pollution to heart
13 December 1997
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Beating the deadline
13 December 1997
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Prion detectives close in on their suspect
13 December 1997
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Wise mothers fake it
13 December 1997
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The right chemistry
13 December 1997
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The last word
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Letters : Save the brain
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Letters : Solar solution
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Letters : Casual but careful?
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Review : Earth mover
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Review : Angry years
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Feedback
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Letters : Rejecting reptiles
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Letters : Mothers' milk
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Letters : Twenty-fifthly
13 December 1997
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Thistle diary :
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Letters : Puppetry in court
13 December 1997
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Letters : Not for burning?
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Review : Count on it
13 December 1997
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Review : Fancy that
13 December 1997
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Review : Bell's calling
13 December 1997
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Body works
13 December 1997
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Neutrons for sale
13 December 1997
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Deadly start
13 December 1997
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They ain't heavy . . .
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Chimps in limbo
13 December 1997
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Once bitten
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Cure or kill
13 December 1997
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Out of orbit
13 December 1997
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Plastic toy ban
13 December 1997
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Review : Clovis's last stand
13 December 1997
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The light at the bottom of the sea
13 December 1997
The bottom of the ocean is a world of unending night – or so it had always seemed. But an eerie light has now been seen emanating from the abyss
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Review : Collected works
13 December 1997
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Review : Fat cats' dirty tricks
13 December 1997
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All roads lead to ruin
13 December 1997
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The real green revolution
13 December 1997
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Mission Earth
13 December 1997
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Review : Ibid speaks out
13 December 1997
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Restoring Museum Aircraft by Robert Mikesh
13 December 1997
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Review : Collective net
13 December 1997
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Bestsellers : from Washington
13 December 1997
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Baby bashers - Mistreat a macaque and she may abuse her young
06 December 1997
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Focus : Too big for its boots - Consumer fury and a raft of court cases over Microsoft's trading practices—has Bill Gates's baby overreached itself?
06 December 1997
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Sex `n' drugs `n' serotonin
06 December 1997
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Netropolitan : In the money
06 December 1997
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Sleep easy in Sydney - How to keep aircraft out of the bedroom
06 December 1997
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Netropolitan :
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Patents : Funny ha-ha
06 December 1997
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Patents : Living doll
06 December 1997
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Ticking over nicely - In fruit flies and humans, myriad clocks seem to mark time
06 December 1997
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Publish on the Net and be damned
06 December 1997
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An ill wind - Watch out South America, there's an epidemic of malaria coming your way
06 December 1997
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In brief : Gymnastic caterpillar makes a quick getaway
06 December 1997
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In brief : Caught in the act
06 December 1997
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In brief : Fishy affliction
06 December 1997
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In brief : Rhythm of life
06 December 1997
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In brief : Unlucky Irish
06 December 1997
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In brief : Round numbers
06 December 1997
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Technofile : The last straw
06 December 1997
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Technofile : Braille breakthrough
06 December 1997
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Technofile : Recipe for life
06 December 1997
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Technofile : Beat that
06 December 1997
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Newswire : Pill poppers
06 December 1997
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Patents : Ladder of hope
06 December 1997
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Caterpillar's revenge - In the fight to protect crops, some pests may have the last laugh
06 December 1997
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That's us stuffed then - People living near turkey farms harbour drug-resistant bacteria
06 December 1997
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Newswire : Cutting cancer
06 December 1997
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Newswire : Landmine detector
06 December 1997
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Newswire : Just awards
06 December 1997
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Newswire : Blow up
06 December 1997
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Shaking all over - Even a puny little galaxy can generate enough energy to fuel a quasar
06 December 1997
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Editorial : Fasten your seatbelts . . .
06 December 1997
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Dishonest brokers - Two of the worse offenders in the greenhouse stakes stand to make a killing at Kyoto
06 December 1997
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Mean little killers play sweet tricks
06 December 1997
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Flying bug
06 December 1997
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Anatomy of a crash - Tokyo police are using film to cut car accidents
06 December 1997
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Flower power
06 December 1997
Cleaning up radioactive water is no job for a blushing violet
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Floppy's days are numbered
06 December 1997
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Death of a dream? - The spectre of addiction could burst the Prozac bubble
06 December 1997
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Sounding off
06 December 1997
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Russia's toxic shocker - Bomb factories created the most radioactive place on Earth
06 December 1997
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The view at dawn - New Zealand is laying a strong claim to the first sunrise of 2000
06 December 1997
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CAT spots worm in ageing violin
06 December 1997
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White bread is green - Surprisingly, processed food is easier on the planet
06 December 1997
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Editorial : A global nightmare
06 December 1997
We must all help Russia deal with its staggering fallout from the Cold War
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Newswire : Healed brains
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Letters : Living test tubes
06 December 1997
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Letters : Fingering Scruggs
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Letters : Jeans to dye for
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Feedback
06 December 1997
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The last word
06 December 1997
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Thistle diary : - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
06 December 1997
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Antipodes : What will go west? - Ian Lowe finds cuts in store at universities
06 December 1997
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Letters : Are we doomed?
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Letters : Not by a gene alone
06 December 1997
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Letters : They're taking over
06 December 1997
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Letters : Is human tissue safe?
06 December 1997
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Letters : Fire fighting
06 December 1997
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Bestsellers : from Melbourne
06 December 1997
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Forum : Wouldn't mind a go on that! - Michael Cross hacks his way through the confusion of the techno jungle
06 December 1997
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Review : A man of ideas
06 December 1997
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Review : Collected works - Fred Pearce meanders down some of the world's mightiest rivers
06 December 1997
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Review : Where do I fit?
06 December 1997
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Here's one I prepared earlier - Rustling up the perfect chemical sandwich has never been so easy—and they even glow, says Michael Judge
06 December 1997
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On the trail of the lonesome pine - They should have died out with T. rex, but their seedlings are alive and well in nurseries around the world. Wilson da Silva reports on the ancient trees flourishing on Sydney's doorstep
06 December 1997
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Trust me, I'm an expert - Would you allow a machine to play the stock market with your life savings? Well, the people in the know are doing just that, says Clive Davidson
06 December 1997
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The Vanishing Point - When soldiers disappear before your very eyes and battleships hide at twenty paces, the camouflager's art has reached its peak. Justin Mullins dons his cloak of invisibility
06 December 1997
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Supermouse liberates its pals from the lab
06 December 1997
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The plastic six-pack - Artificial muscle can be built from layers of polymer film
06 December 1997
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Review : The smartest Germans
06 December 1997
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Review : Greek roots
06 December 1997
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Forum : Whistling in the dark - Saving the world takes more than just one summit, say Mike Hulme and Martin Parry
06 December 1997
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Review : Global guide
06 December 1997
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Review : Purple rain
06 December 1997
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Review : New wave, old guff
06 December 1997
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Review : Too far out
06 December 1997
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Review : Wood folk
06 December 1997
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Review : Weatherman speaks
06 December 1997
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Review : Work unfair
06 December 1997
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Review : In the beginning
06 December 1997
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Newswire : DNA Europatents
06 December 1997