November - 1992 Articles
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Comment: The White Paper: now for the hard part
28 November 1992
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Science: Rock art evokes beastly echoes of the past
28 November 1992
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Science: Fastest laser pulses yet
28 November 1992
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Science: The Milky Way's shrinking heart
28 November 1992
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Science: Plants that can do what chemists can't
28 November 1992
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Science: Fish fathers are set good parenting test
28 November 1992
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Science: . . . and dust from last year's volcanoes
28 November 1992
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Science: Arctic ozone threatened by greenhouse warming . . .
28 November 1992
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Technology: Robodoc carves a place in medical history
28 November 1992
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Technology: Black box gives Indy racing a crash course in safety
28 November 1992
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Technology: French opt for overkill on hospital waste
28 November 1992
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Technology: Dry run for deepest dive
28 November 1992
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Technology: Computer responds to the tender touch
28 November 1992
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Technology: Brain scan gives fresh angle on Alzheimer's
28 November 1992
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Patents: Licensing makes for a fair fight
28 November 1992
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Patents: Filling in the gaps
28 November 1992
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Crystals fail the microgravity test
28 November 1992
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Island telescope
28 November 1992
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Too little, too late for India's dams?
28 November 1992
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Large hole in the ozone agreement
28 November 1992
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The shadow that follows the march of HIV
28 November 1992
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Questions over origin of Darwin cash
28 November 1992
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Reactor abandoned
28 November 1992
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Icy reception
28 November 1992
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Cloud of colour in the Amazon
28 November 1992
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Europe wrangles over Herman's sex life
28 November 1992
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Bush's 'boring' tapes
28 November 1992
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Blood scandal rocks New Zealand
28 November 1992
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Secrets of China's toenails
28 November 1992
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Scince advisers call for radical reforms
28 November 1992
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Woke up this morning with those chaotic blues
28 November 1992
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Focus: The battle for Britain's bogs - Lowland bogs are the last remnants of an ancient landscape. A report published last week warns that their existence is seriously threatened
28 November 1992
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Brain drain saps Russia's space plans
28 November 1992
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Patents: Eye-sensitive lenses
28 November 1992
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Paying the price for removing tariffs
28 November 1992
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Forum: Dark thoughts on bright skies - Derek McNally thinks we are interfering too much with the world of astronomy
28 November 1992
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Letters: Correction
28 November 1992
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Letters: Damn good soap
28 November 1992
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Letters: Damn good soap
28 November 1992
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Letters: No mystery
28 November 1992
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Letters: Negative iron
28 November 1992
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Letters: Dengue danger
28 November 1992
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Letters: Safe risk
28 November 1992
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Letters: Still expanding
28 November 1992
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Letters: Hoary frost
28 November 1992
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Letters: Willpower wins
28 November 1992
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Letters: Galileo was wrong
28 November 1992
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Letters: Stormy debate
28 November 1992
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Thistle Diary: To be, or not to bee: that is the question - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
28 November 1992
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Feedback
28 November 1992
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Forum: Repeat prescription for London's ills - Donald Gould says teaching hospitals should not be saved at the expense of community care
28 November 1992
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Review: The earth sciences in one box
28 November 1992
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Technology: Cartwheel antenna beams better picture
28 November 1992
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Recovering from the Cold War: Now that old adversaries are gone, Britain should consider how military research could help the nonmilitary sector
28 November 1992
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Patents: Patents Information
28 November 1992
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Patents: Microwave strip
28 November 1992
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Patents: Versatile video
28 November 1992
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In good conscience
28 November 1992
Fermi's experiment might never have taken place had it not been an essential step in the development of a fission bomb. For the scientists involved, the moral choices were never easy
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The day Chicago went critical
28 November 1992
On 2 December 1942, some of the world's leading scientists crowded into a disused squash court to stage the first controlled nuclear chain reaction
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Arms and the ban: The world has failed to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. Total disarmament may now be the only way of insuring stability and averting disaster
28 November 1992
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Fears, fantasies and fallout: Fuelled by images from science fiction and startling claims from scientists, our perception of nuclear energy has run out of control. But, with some respect, not irreversibly so
28 November 1992
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Review: Square meals for information scavengers
28 November 1992
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Review: The world according to Popper
28 November 1992
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Review: A voyage of fun through the Universe
28 November 1992
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Forum: A breakthrough or just another bomb? - William Bown considers the justification for commemorating the science of destruction
28 November 1992
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Review: Christmas comes early for the techie
28 November 1992
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Obscure origins of desire: As researchers chart the links between brain and behaviour, they have stirred up a fierce debate over whether the roots of homosexuality lie in the womb
28 November 1992
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Can nuclear power ever pay its way?: Postwar pioneers were convinced they could generate electricity cheaply. But nearly 40 years later, nuclear power is still struggling to survive without subsidies
28 November 1992
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Science: It's all in the phylum for slugs with legs
21 November 1992
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Science: Chemical switch gives green light to faster computing
21 November 1992
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Science: A taste of soy keeps cancer at bay?
21 November 1992
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Digital radio
21 November 1992
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Focus: Britain's plan to revitalise its industry with bright ideas was inspired by a German concept. But the second-hand version is a poor copy of the original - German innovation, British imitation
21 November 1992
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Ease gene laws, say German MPs
21 November 1992
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Pests in the post threaten crops in Hawaii
21 November 1992
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Russian seed bank runs out of credit
21 November 1992
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Science: Devil's Hole discovery hots up row over ice ages
21 November 1992
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Technology: Network set to put journals in the picture
21 November 1992
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Technology: Rechargeable battery won't give up after top-ups
21 November 1992
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Technology: Probing with the sensitive touch
21 November 1992
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Technology: Pen computer makes its point
21 November 1992
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Technology: Personal cinemas take to the air
21 November 1992
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Technology: Radar traps Earth's shifting surface
21 November 1992
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Technology: Salad days for bacteria
21 November 1992
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Science: Pluto's moon is a giant snowball
21 November 1992
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Science: How cocaine could really blow your mind
21 November 1992
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The big sleep
21 November 1992
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Money well spent
21 November 1992
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Unforthcoming
21 November 1992
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Comment: A small victory?
21 November 1992
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Comment: German lessons half-learnt
21 November 1992
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Chancellor claws back funds for research
21 November 1992
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Ozone treaty in jeopardy
21 November 1992
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Pint pots designed to banish bitterness
21 November 1992
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Would-be waste smugglers face execution
21 November 1992
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India launches own-brand AZT
21 November 1992
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Doctors and activists clash over AIDS in Asia
21 November 1992
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White whale sighted in the southern seas
21 November 1992
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Spooks undermine commercial secrecy
21 November 1992
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Disappointment over Darwin cash
21 November 1992
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Space: Europe's flagging frontier
21 November 1992
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Russian goods rocket into America
21 November 1992
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. . . and air pollution
21 November 1992
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Death by dung. . .
21 November 1992
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Danger for dentists
21 November 1992
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Tuneful tutu makes its debut
21 November 1992
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Crumbling pipes pepper water with lead
21 November 1992
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Letters: Competing funds
21 November 1992
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Review: Fold up and away
21 November 1992
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Feedback
21 November 1992
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Letters: Correction
21 November 1992
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Letters: Exploding trolleys
21 November 1992
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Letters: Exploding trolleys
21 November 1992
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Letters: Exploding trolleys
21 November 1992
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Letters: Chemical isotopes
21 November 1992
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Letters: Backing the WHO
21 November 1992
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Letters: Blooming butterflies
21 November 1992
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Letters: Faster than light
21 November 1992
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Letters: Green wood
21 November 1992
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Letters: Green wood
21 November 1992
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Letters: Deadly drivers
21 November 1992
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Letters: Deadly drivers
21 November 1992
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Letters: Deadly drivers
21 November 1992
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Thistle Diary: Solvents, solutions and insolvency - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
21 November 1992
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Moving with the times
21 November 1992
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Review: Tote that bale, throw that hammer
21 November 1992
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Review: The reefs of time and carbon
21 November 1992
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Review: Paper patterns of complexity
21 November 1992
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Review: In search of bird men and bird women
21 November 1992
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Review: Calling asteroids names
21 November 1992
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These cells were made for learning: How the brain stores information is still a puzzle. But the hunt for clues has been boosted by fresh evidence linking learning to subtle changes in the connections between nerve cells
21 November 1992
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Shaking the foundations of mathematics: There are many interpretations of mathematics. The one we use has proved itself. But what would happen to our view of the Universe if we experimented with another?
21 November 1992
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From cancer to cholesterol: Thirty or so years after exposing the link between smoking and lung cancer, Richard Doll is trying to get to the bottom of another health controversy - the link between diet and heart disease
21 November 1992
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The wrong route to Docklands: London's Docklands provide a perfect example of how not to regenerate an area through business. The fault is not with the buildings, but the transport infrastructure
21 November 1992
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How flash wins when the chips are down: The ideal computer memory would be as small and work as fast as a chip, be erasable and hold on to its data even when the power is off. Say hello to flash . . .
21 November 1992
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Why gossip is good for you
21 November 1992
Humans live in much larger groups than other primates. Language may have evolved as a form of grooming to allow us to live with so many people
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Review: Leap, song and flight
21 November 1992
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Review: How to think unnaturally
21 November 1992
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Review: A fascinating obsession
21 November 1992
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Forum: Spread the word on science - Michael Kenward insists that the White Paper must consider the public dimension
21 November 1992
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Forum: What gave art its start - John Cornell wonders where many of the arts would be without science and technology
21 November 1992
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Review: A world of early learning
21 November 1992
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Review: A metaphysical look at the highest art
21 November 1992
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Review: Featherlight look at birds
21 November 1992
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Review: Alienating views
21 November 1992
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Review: A walk on South Africa's wild side
21 November 1992
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Biotech controls
14 November 1992
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Sludge for forests
14 November 1992
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Israel tests for HIV
14 November 1992
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Focus: Guess what's coming to dinner? - Creatures created by genetic engineering are used in laboratories, and their meat could soon appear on supermarket shelves. Do these animals raise new ethical issues?
14 November 1992
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Science: Gravity waves rule the Universe
14 November 1992
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Science: A moving experience for sponges
14 November 1992
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Mean on matching
14 November 1992
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Fine feathers of the male mosquito
14 November 1992
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Technology: Filtering out cancer's side-effects
14 November 1992
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Science: The splatter effect on Venus
14 November 1992
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Science: A small star with a cool companion
14 November 1992
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Technology: Warding off bullets by a spider's thread
14 November 1992
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Technology: Clinics are glowing in the wind
14 November 1992
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Science: Cutting X-ray lasers down to size
14 November 1992
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Science: Who wants to live forever?
14 November 1992
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Timber tales
14 November 1992
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Science: Genetic test for inherited thyroid cancer
14 November 1992
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Compulsory decoders for nonexistent TV signals
14 November 1992
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MOT test fails to make cars cleaner
14 November 1992
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Britain will plug on fast breeder programme
14 November 1992
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Handshake symbolises India's AIDS awareness
14 November 1992
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Pride of Prague to have a cleaner face
14 November 1992
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Lead in lake blamed for floppy trunks
14 November 1992
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Ambulance computer system was 'to complicated'
14 November 1992
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Research councils in conflict over policy review
14 November 1992
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UN environment chief defends dam builders
14 November 1992
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Iraqi centrifuge mystery solved
14 November 1992
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All change for industry's research funds
14 November 1992
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Enemy from space replaces red menace
14 November 1992
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Comment: Whitehall whiteout
14 November 1992
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Roubles run out
14 November 1992
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Animal tests
14 November 1992
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'Warnings ignored' on prison blood
14 November 1992
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Is Congress backing the wrong AIDS vaccine?
14 November 1992
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Russian chemist faces 15 years
14 November 1992
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Comment: US research changes gear
14 November 1992
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Review: Reality and dreams in a sea of sculpture
14 November 1992
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Feedback
14 November 1992
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Letters: Boo to roo
14 November 1992
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Letters: Spooky spiders
14 November 1992
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Letters: Cows on the line
14 November 1992
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Letters: Safe houses
14 November 1992
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Letters: Benign in the bin
14 November 1992
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Letters: Quantum question
14 November 1992
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Letters: The J-word
14 November 1992
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Letters: No protection
14 November 1992
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Letters: Rock rationale
14 November 1992
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Letters: Save the saiga
14 November 1992
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Letters: Looking forward
14 November 1992
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Letters: Looking forward
14 November 1992
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Thistle Diary: Budgets, black gold and books - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
14 November 1992
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Forum: Mathematics for everyone - Arturo Sangalli on the challenge of mathematical education
14 November 1992
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Forum: It takes two to tango - Howard Newby argues that the link between science and industry is the key
14 November 1992
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Collaboration is a regional affair
14 November 1992
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Review: Showing off the cave of delights
14 November 1992
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Technology: A tasty dish for farmed fish
14 November 1992
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Technology: Fast disc sets computer world in a spin
14 November 1992
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Technology: Cracking solution
14 November 1992
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Technology: Taking the snow out of Greenland's television
14 November 1992
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Technology: Virtual emergency clue to people's behaviour
14 November 1992
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Technology: Cancer test kits
14 November 1992
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The 'planet' that came in from the cold: The discovery of a world beyond Pluto, some six billion kilometres from the Sun, shows that our inventory of the Solar System has been missing a vital component
14 November 1992
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Technology: A roof and four walls from the sub-Saharan soil
14 November 1992
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Superconductors go organic: Organic molecules seem an unlikely source for a new generation of superconductors. But their adaptability is giving them the edge in the race to find new materials
14 November 1992
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Battling on with veteran computers: The computers that underpin our everyday lives are getting old. Can we afford to throw them away or must we learn to live with the drawbacks?
14 November 1992
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Review: Insight into sight and experience
14 November 1992
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Review: Theatre of knowledge
14 November 1992
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Review: Mrs Gibson leaps in at the deep end
14 November 1992
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Review: The antman pleads for life on Earth
14 November 1992
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Rescuing minds from disease and decay: Molecular genetics and brain scanning technologies are bringing the dream of repairing damaged brains a step closer to reality. But many obstacles still remain
14 November 1992
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In search of a single Europe: Despite the escalating financial and intellectual demands of modern research and development, international collaboration in Europe remains patchy
14 November 1992
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Hydrogen's evangelist: Mark Oliphant dared to suggest that hydrogen could be an exploitable source of energy. Sixty years on, he is still enthusiastic about its potential
14 November 1992
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Science: Cell open their 'eyes' to infrared
07 November 1992
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China heads for crisis as climate changes
07 November 1992
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Missing women
07 November 1992
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Drug unbanned
07 November 1992
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Sisters make their mark on Venus
07 November 1992
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Plutonium ship
07 November 1992
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Forest laboratory
07 November 1992
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Science: The supernova at the end of the universe
07 November 1992
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Science: Alzheimer's may not be linked to aluminium
07 November 1992
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Science: Multitude of mini-moons may orbit outer planets
07 November 1992
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Science: Skimming electrons brighten up the spectrum
07 November 1992
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Science: How to have your cake and eat it
07 November 1992
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Science: Go west, young aardvark
07 November 1992
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Technology: Clean burn brightens coal's image
07 November 1992
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Technology: Water without the whiff of chlorine
07 November 1992
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Technology: Circuit makers abandon solvent abuse
07 November 1992
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Flat out for the car of the future: Design is overtaking technology as car makers dash to offer electric-powered vehicles, and consumers will have to pay the price for their enthusiasm
07 November 1992
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AIDS exports
07 November 1992
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Transfer centre
07 November 1992
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Comment: Outbreak of excuses
07 November 1992
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Comment: Waste not . . . incinerate not
07 November 1992
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Did ambulance chiefs specify 'safety' software?
07 November 1992
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The termites that ate France
07 November 1992
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Europe continues 'poison my neighbour' exports . . .
07 November 1992
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Faith in 'false cure' leads to renewed trials
07 November 1992
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HIV destroys cells long before onset of AIDS
07 November 1992
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First death as polio spreads
07 November 1992
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Kindness kills rare Australian birds
07 November 1992
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Vital skills could vanish as defence jobs go
07 November 1992
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Vatican admits Galileo was right
07 November 1992
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Vanishing worlds of temperate forests
07 November 1992
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All quiet on the Danube front
07 November 1992
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Antarctica tarnished by tourist trade
07 November 1992
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Australia questions its trade in toxic waste
07 November 1992
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Focus: Trial and error in the operating theatre - An operation for treating heavy periods is now widely used despite doubts over its safety. Are new surgical techniques properly evaluated?
07 November 1992
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Malaria summit demands plans before cash
07 November 1992
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Technology: Soapberries promise better mussel control
07 November 1992
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Technology: Picture clears for future of European TV
07 November 1992
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Letters: Mystery spots
07 November 1992
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Letters: Oyster wars
07 November 1992
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Letters: What demand?
07 November 1992
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Letters: Viewers aren't dim
07 November 1992
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Letters: Air accidents
07 November 1992
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Letters: Air accidents
07 November 1992
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Letters: Fuel facts
07 November 1992
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Feedback
07 November 1992
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Careers: A special way with words - A future as a journalist writing about science and technology
07 November 1992
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Letters: Correction
07 November 1992
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Letters: Tame the Thames!
07 November 1992
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Letters: Emberg's apple
07 November 1992
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Letters: Emberg's apple
07 November 1992
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Letters: Uncalculated
07 November 1992
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Letters: Teeth of the problem
07 November 1992
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Information
07 November 1992
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Thistle Diary - The stuff of nightmares - Comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
07 November 1992
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Letters: Fuel facts
07 November 1992
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Technology: Recycling benefits are in the bag
07 November 1992
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Technology: Virtual skiing
07 November 1992
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Struggling to keep up appearances: Despite the cosy notion that British research is among the best in the world, the hard numbers paint a bleak picture of a nation in decline
07 November 1992
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Gunpowder, reason and plot: Guy Fawkes' night should be safer this year than ever before. But many other countries lack the same tough safety standards for fireworks
07 November 1992
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Survival in the crystal desert: Few people get the chance to explore Antarctica. Fewer still don a diving suit to investigate life in the ice-cold waters around the continent
07 November 1992
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Why global warming could take Britain by storm
07 November 1992
Five years ago southeastern Britain was hit by an unexpected hurricane-force storm. Climate change may produce more of the same – yet meteorologists could still fail to spot them
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Review: Refreshing the evolutionary past
07 November 1992
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Review: Lessons from a history of fears
07 November 1992
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Review: Piecing together a mammalian success story
07 November 1992
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Review: On the trail of the trilobite
07 November 1992
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Review: Digging up the urban roots
07 November 1992
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Review: Solar science for the serious scholar
07 November 1992
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Review: Diversify to fight off the sterotype
07 November 1992
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Forum: Medicine for a healthy industry - Mike Rogers talks to one of Britain's foremost captains of industry
07 November 1992
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Letters: Fuel facts
07 November 1992
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Forum: Why can't economics be a science? - Graeme Coulam goes in search of some fundamental fiscal laws
07 November 1992
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Students take their time
07 November 1992