May - 2000 Articles
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The green man
27 May 2000
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Hybrid vigour
27 May 2000
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Faster and faster
27 May 2000
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Microwave light bulbs?
27 May 2000
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Back to basics
27 May 2000
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Curse of the living dead
27 May 2000
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Saving grace
27 May 2000
At last, a vaccine that overcomes original sin
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Caught in the act
27 May 2000
We have nailed the culprit that makes HIV drugs hard to swallow
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Face the facts
27 May 2000
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Behind the magic
27 May 2000
We'll have to learn a lot more to halt the AIDS pandemic
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`Don't forget to breathe,' said the brainstem
27 May 2000
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Airborne devastation
27 May 2000
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Webby weddings
27 May 2000
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Making light of it
27 May 2000
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Stress express
27 May 2000
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Curbing CJD
27 May 2000
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How life survived the big freeze
27 May 2000
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You're surrounded
27 May 2000
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Putting it bluntly
27 May 2000
Lightning conductors work best without sharpened points
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Licence to thrill
27 May 2000
A revolutionary home-cinema system has movie moguls sweating
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Sowing dissent
27 May 2000
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Incredible voyage
27 May 2000
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Agents of death
27 May 2000
Chemical leftovers are still littering China
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Continuous assessment
27 May 2000
GlucoWatch could give diabetics frequent updates on their health
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Bugged phones
27 May 2000
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Bigger and better
27 May 2000
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Unknown killer
27 May 2000
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Phantom cats
27 May 2000
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Prion spotter
27 May 2000
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Danger signals
27 May 2000
Now it's official: avionics and mobile phones don't mix
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Will demand for cell transplants exceed supply?
27 May 2000
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Look, no wires
27 May 2000
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Salutary sting
27 May 2000
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Howzat!
27 May 2000
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We are family
27 May 2000
California is being taken over by one huge clan
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Corals face catastrophe
27 May 2000
Rising carbon dioxide levels don't just affect the climate
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Extraterrestrial volunteers
27 May 2000
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The daily grind pays off
27 May 2000
Bob Johnstone views nanotechnology
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Washington diary
27 May 2000
Andreas Frew reports
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Pasta a-plenty
27 May 2000
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27 May 2000
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Nonviolent aggro
27 May 2000
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27 May 2000
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Sad sows
27 May 2000
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Kids and computers
27 May 2000
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Drunk on nothing
27 May 2000
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True or false
27 May 2000
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True position
27 May 2000
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Extinct in the wild
27 May 2000
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Observer observed
27 May 2000
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Feedback
27 May 2000
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Correction:
27 May 2000
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27 May 2000
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The Last Word
27 May 2000
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That's about the size of it
27 May 2000
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Engines of Tomorrow by Robert Buderi
27 May 2000
Find out how the top corporate labs keep their edge in a cut-throat world. Kazuo Arima takes a tour of the future
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Future shocks
27 May 2000
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Triumph of tamoxifen
27 May 2000
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Euro-blubber
27 May 2000
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NASA beams up a repair kit
27 May 2000
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Rich in carcinogens
27 May 2000
Dioxins make high-fat diets a recipe for cancer
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Eating your greens is now even better for you
27 May 2000
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Comic relief
27 May 2000
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Hot, hot, hot
27 May 2000
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A wet prehistory
27 May 2000
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Slosh, rattle and roll
27 May 2000
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The demon duck of doom
27 May 2000
It strode across ancient Australia on a pair of gigantic legs, a bird so terrifying it put powerful predators off their food. Stephanie Pain is awestruck by a duck
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Our house
27 May 2000
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Forget the spotted owl,
27 May 2000
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The world at their feet
27 May 2000
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Odds on winner
27 May 2000
If you've ever been bothered by the weight of that laptop you lug about on your travels, spare a thought for George Julius. In 1912, he left Australia in search of buyers for his brilliant new invention-a device that would transform a day a
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Here's health
27 May 2000
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Feeding Africa
27 May 2000
If you live in Europe or the US, genetically modified food might sound like a luxury. But for people in poor countries, it's the difference between a square meal and starvation, according to Florence Wambugu, one of Africa's leading plant g
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Follow that food
27 May 2000
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Ready, steady rescue
20 May 2000
A helicopter autopilot may help to save lives
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Personal touch
20 May 2000
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Body moves
20 May 2000
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Here we go again . . .
20 May 2000
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All rolled up
20 May 2000
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Is your phone infected?
20 May 2000
Mobiles are fertile ground for e-bugs of the future
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Light touch
20 May 2000
Your secrets are safe with the quantum detector
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On guard
20 May 2000
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Stirring stuff
20 May 2000
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They were big enough to go travelling
20 May 2000
Large size, rather than advanced tools, may have triggered the first human migration from Africa
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…or doom and gloom?
20 May 2000
You might be haunted by the omens in your DNA
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Health and happiness…
20 May 2000
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Cosmic anarchists
20 May 2000
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Foster mother who got it wrong
20 May 2000
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Organ saviour
20 May 2000
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Albert's return
20 May 2000
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Vital signs
20 May 2000
If a strange new epidemic is on the way, how will we know?
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Lethal injection
20 May 2000
The deaths of heroin addicts have sparked an anthrax scare
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It's only just begun
20 May 2000
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Dead in the water
20 May 2000
A tamed river spells danger for the Swiss Riviera
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Crude exploitation
20 May 2000
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Bargain basement
20 May 2000
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Reduced to ashes
20 May 2000
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Your genes in their hands
20 May 2000
Will patents on human genes encourage research or stifle it?
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The genome has landed
20 May 2000
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Bad choice
20 May 2000
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Middle-aged stars
20 May 2000
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Pressure putt
20 May 2000
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Chain reaction
20 May 2000
Coins and cutlery tell the truth about Tokaimura
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The Last Word
20 May 2000
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The annual Budget blues
20 May 2000
Ian Lowe reviews the research vote
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Still in danger
20 May 2000
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Don't shoot those monkeys
20 May 2000
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Feedback
20 May 2000
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One in the eye
20 May 2000
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Hedgehog alert
20 May 2000
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Clothes on fire
20 May 2000
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Bubbling over
20 May 2000
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Wrinkly smokers
20 May 2000
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Ocean circulation
20 May 2000
Fluctuations in movement and temperature occur far more slowly in the ocean than in the atmosphere. But, through the exchange of heat and water vapour, the seas drive much of what happens in the air. We cannot predict the weather without be
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Westminster Diary
20 May 2000
Comment from Tam Dalyell
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Kill or cure
20 May 2000
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Maggot time
20 May 2000
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Entangled Web
20 May 2000
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Lights, camera, action!
20 May 2000
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Beg, steal or borrow
20 May 2000
Why invent new genes, when you can just pinch existing ones?
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Q & A
20 May 2000
Everything you need to know about this genome stuff . . .
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Mind the gaps
20 May 2000
Some parts of the genome are proving elusive
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Collision course
20 May 2000
Lurking beyond the outer planets are huge slabs of ice that could spell our destruction. Can the world protect itself? New Scientist inspects the defences
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Where is Moby squid?
20 May 2000
For four years, Clyde Roper has sailed the globe in search of one very special sea monster. The monster is a giant squid 20 metres long, weighing half a tonne, with eyes the size of dinner plates
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Fired up
20 May 2000
Startling new discoveries have reignited the debate about what our ancestors were like. John McCrone reveals why they weren't as dumb as you might think
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Wild things
20 May 2000
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Aping it
20 May 2000
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Prize reads
20 May 2000
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More sinned against . . .
20 May 2000
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Bad behaviour
20 May 2000
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Still hunting
13 May 2000
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We lost weight
13 May 2000
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Richest of reefs
13 May 2000
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Meet Morpheus
13 May 2000
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Please eat me
13 May 2000
Yeast cells offer themselves on a plate to avert famine
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Moon of mystery
13 May 2000
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Space timing
13 May 2000
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Want to know the time? Ask the space station
13 May 2000
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Worlds without end
13 May 2000
We may all reside in the varied realm of quantum mechanics
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Phantom pain
13 May 2000
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Lie detectors
13 May 2000
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Oxygen attack
13 May 2000
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Reflect on it
13 May 2000
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Sweet salt
13 May 2000
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Rivers of fire
13 May 2000
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Stardust
13 May 2000
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Power struggle
13 May 2000
What are the odds that global warming will throw the nuclear industry a lifeline?
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Space invaders
13 May 2000
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Life's encyclopedia
13 May 2000
We're closing in on a catalogue of our genes
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Phone power
13 May 2000
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Web wand
13 May 2000
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Groundhog day
13 May 2000
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Blocking tactics
13 May 2000
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Deeper meaning to a glittering enigma
13 May 2000
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Killing off an archetype
13 May 2000
Is our perception of infanticide all wrong?
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Mum versus Dad
13 May 2000
A genetic battle is being fought inside marsupial pouches
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Baste with oil
13 May 2000
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Chemo choice
13 May 2000
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Ride the Net
13 May 2000
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Fix on the flow
13 May 2000
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Go forth and multiply
13 May 2000
Only diversity will protect PCs against future Love Bugs
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A droid for all seasons
13 May 2000
No job is too unusual for a breed of robots that reinvent themselves
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Allergy alert
13 May 2000
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Missile blaster
13 May 2000
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Food curbs
13 May 2000
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For adults only
13 May 2000
Put down that phone, kid, it'll scramble your brain
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One giant leap
13 May 2000
An asteroid probe that can jump could leave crawlers standing
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Cloth keyboard
13 May 2000
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Only the best will do
13 May 2000
Our cars are crash tested. We need to make sure computers are too
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Falling scales
13 May 2000
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13 May 2000
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A stone cold winner
13 May 2000
Ian Lowe looks at Fresh Science
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Westminster Diary
13 May 2000
Comment from Tam Dalyell
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Full circle
13 May 2000
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Split brain
13 May 2000
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13 May 2000
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It takes two
13 May 2000
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Twist in time
13 May 2000
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Hard at the top
13 May 2000
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Feedback
13 May 2000
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Mixed measures
13 May 2000
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May I fume?
13 May 2000
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And so to bed
13 May 2000
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Slow but sure
13 May 2000
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13 May 2000
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13 May 2000
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All manner of things
13 May 2000
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Not guilty
13 May 2000
How should society deal with psychopaths? What do we do with violent offenders such as rapists and serial killers? Adrian Raine, a psychologist who moved from his job at a high-security prison to the University of Southern California, belie
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Homeless
13 May 2000
In the past, living things could move when the climate changed. But what happens when there's nowhere left to go? Kathryn Brown reports
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The War Zone
13 May 2000
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THELASTWORDSPECIAL
13 May 2000
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Flight into danger
13 May 2000
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Lost and found
13 May 2000
The Universe's missing hydrogen has turned up at last
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Seeing through the clouds
13 May 2000
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Bright young things
13 May 2000
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Strictly for the birds
13 May 2000
Art is just men showing off. Discuss, says Tim Birkhead
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Clear cut
13 May 2000
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Creating a stir
13 May 2000
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The polio man
13 May 2000
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Commercial space
13 May 2000
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Stop the rain
13 May 2000
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The magic number
06 May 2000
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The secret's out
06 May 2000
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Slick disaster of the biggest supertankers
06 May 2000
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That's cool
06 May 2000
High-tech electronics learns a trick from textile artists
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On the air
06 May 2000
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Signal scrambler
06 May 2000
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Frozen out
06 May 2000
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Nest-building angst turns pigs into killers
06 May 2000
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Flat as a pancake
06 May 2000
The Earth may be round, but the Universe certainly isn't
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Genetic bounty
06 May 2000
An island lifestyle is helping the hunt for disease genes
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Bone relief
06 May 2000
Stopping cells from walking safeguards the skeleton
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Virtual violence makes people turn nasty
06 May 2000
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A flashy way to forecast when a twister's due
06 May 2000
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Out of the jungle
06 May 2000
Primates may have triggered the hepatitis pandemic
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Moonshine
06 May 2000
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Gesundheit!
06 May 2000
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Before their time
06 May 2000
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Legging it to the nearest female
06 May 2000
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No place like home
06 May 2000
Burglars beware: now televisions know just where they belong
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Under the ice
06 May 2000
Robert Adler reports from the EGS Millennium conference in Nice, France. Europa's icy crust and global warming stole the show, with heated debates on the influence of the Sun, tropical clouds and the future of rainforests
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Getting a better fix
06 May 2000
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Swill your vitamins
06 May 2000
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Forests turn to dust
06 May 2000
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Don't blame the Sun
06 May 2000
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Fast explorer
06 May 2000
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Elastic droids
06 May 2000
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Sleep easy
06 May 2000
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Ticket to ride
06 May 2000
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Every cloud has a silver lining
06 May 2000
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Knowing little noses
06 May 2000
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Breast's behest
06 May 2000
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We're not safe yet
06 May 2000
Only further testing will rule out an epidemic of human BSE
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Forever young
06 May 2000
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Rallying point
06 May 2000
If we don't help South Africa deal with HIV, we'll live to regret it
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Mobile battles
06 May 2000
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Gene food tests
06 May 2000
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Ordinary miracles
06 May 2000
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Mean mode
06 May 2000
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Hidden hordes
06 May 2000
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Glowing error
06 May 2000
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Walk this way
06 May 2000
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Moving language
06 May 2000
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Physics firecracker
06 May 2000
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Recycled jet
06 May 2000
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Feedback
06 May 2000
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Peak parlance
06 May 2000
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Not junk
06 May 2000
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Wind power
06 May 2000
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The Last Word
06 May 2000
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Making genes fit
06 May 2000
Ian Lowe looks at regulating biotechnology
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Bug bait
06 May 2000
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Saved from doom
06 May 2000
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Mental epidemics
06 May 2000
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Greened off
06 May 2000
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Wild things
06 May 2000
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Amazon menagerie
06 May 2000
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Cold light
06 May 2000
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Leap forward
06 May 2000
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This side for seas
06 May 2000
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Mass deception
06 May 2000
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Atomic logic
06 May 2000
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Material world
06 May 2000
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The winter palace
06 May 2000
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Handle with care!
06 May 2000
Karl Christe takes danger in his stride. He has to. In forty years as a chemist developing explosives and rocket propellants, he's seen how bad it can get. But then, it's not an area that attracts faint hearts. Christe has earned a reputati
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Short on vision
06 May 2000
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Bestsellers from Oxford
06 May 2000
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We can do better than this . . .
06 May 2000
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Soft options
06 May 2000
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Only collect
06 May 2000
Bernard Wood muses on the meaning of museums
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Westminster diary
06 May 2000
Comment from Tam Dalyell
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Faded genes
06 May 2000