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Shudders in the fabric of space-time: Researchers around the world are racing to build a new type of telescope, that will detect gravitational waves from exploding stars, colliding pulsars and cosmic strings
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Shaky start for engineering design centres: Four new research centres could recharge Britain's engineering industry. But the government is offering them only half-hearted assistance
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The centres that may bring new life to industry
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The light at the end of the rainbow
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Thoroughly modern Mongolia: Mongolia is in a state of upheaval. Casting aside the outdated theories and industries borrowed from the Soviet Union, the country is looking for a path to a modern way of life that fits its traditional ways
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Technology
Technology: Gene-spliced corn heralds customised crops
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Technology: Stereo system gives sound its own space
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Technology: Wood waste pumps oil
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Technology: 19th-century engine refrigerates without CFCs
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Technology / Prototype solar electricity generator developed by Sunpower of Ohio and Cummins of Abilene
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Science: How plants with patterned leaves compete
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Technology: Microwave cooking code spells danger
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Technology: Milk solution saves elephants
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Science: Drought comes hand in hand with rain
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Science: 'Trapped' seismic waves could help to predict earthquakes
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Science: Trials of growth factors show promise in cancer
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Science: Could mini black holes provide a 'theory of everything'?
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Science: 'Dark matter' may be hidden stars after all
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At the BA: Flood warning as sea defences weaken
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At the BA: Clash over museum cuts
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At the BA: Early mental illness linked to brain abnormalities
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At the BA: BA backs animal research
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At the BA: Eating lunch causes dip in concentration
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Genetic gremlins
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Model moth for insect engineers
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Penguin verdict
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Astro's mission
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At the BA: Moser moves to rescue Britain's schools
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At the BA: Survey highlights serious shortages in the classroom
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At the BA: A capital cure for the Soviet Union's ecological ills
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Cancer compound
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Juno grounded
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Nasty niffs
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Making the best of Hubble
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Soaring cancer rates prompt call for study
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Mothers hold key to studying child development
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Soviet space programme in chaos as participants threaten withdrawal
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Dark side of Moon highlights X-rays from space
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Magellan stops wobbling and starts mapping
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Canberra puts skids under Antarctic convention
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Raccoons invited to lunch on rabies vaccine
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US and Europe could fall out over climate change
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New fears of leaks from French bomb tests
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Opinion
Features
Weeding with fungi
Features
Shudders in the fabric of space-time: Researchers around the world are racing to build a new type of telescope, that will detect gravitational waves from exploding stars, colliding pulsars and cosmic strings
Features
Shaky start for engineering design centres: Four new research centres could recharge Britain's engineering industry. But the government is offering them only half-hearted assistance
Features
The centres that may bring new life to industry
Features
The light at the end of the rainbow
Features
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Thistle Diary - More Comment from Westminster: Of teachers and animals
Forum
Forum: Great scientist, lousy manager? - Anne Rolin wants to make the best of scientific superstars
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Forum: Getting above myself - Ian Gordon discovers he has a penchant for honorary degrees
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Forum: Educating with empathy - Common sense gets in the way of science
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Forum: An apple a day - Forbidden fruits and the medical profession
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Review: Yellow companion to space
Books & Arts
Review: Fiction that flies faster than light
Books & Arts
Review: Compact guides to global warming
Books & Arts
Review: Solid state in the music industry
Books & Arts
Forum: Psst . . . want to buy a power station? - Can poor, redundant Battersea really be worth as much as PowerGen
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Engines of Creation by K. Eric Drexler
Books & Arts
Review: The handover of knowledge
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Review: Fear and ignorance create loathing
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