Climate Change: Energy answers for North and South - Planners in Sweden think their countries can meet their energy needs, cut emissions of greenhouse gases, and get richer, by the end of the century
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Climate change: The first steps out of the greenhouse - From fridges to cars, we already have the technology we need to curb the greenhouse effect. What stops us taking the first step and using it?
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An unlikely civil servant: Michael Peckham is the first person to take on the task of directing the research effort of the National Health Service. Next month he will be telling ministers what his plans are
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The malleable microbe: Just how different is a bacterium from an elephant? The answer lies in the flexible genes of the lowly microorganism
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Standing up to earthquakes: An earthquake destroys buildings by shaking them to pieces. Engineers are finding ways to keep them standing when the ground moves
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Mars - is it mission impossible?: President Bush wants to see an American Flag flying on the surface of Mars by 2019. But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip
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Technology
Technology: Ceramic chip could write off discs
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Technology
Technology: Yeast brews up artificial blood
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Technology
Technology: Mechanical arm guides the surgeon's hand
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Technology
Technology: Britain abandons power from hot rocks
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Science: Quantum theorists hit the boredom threshold
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Science: Summing up the ninety-eight ways from A to B
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Science: How much does a smell weigh?
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Science: Ice telescope could detect cosmic neutrinos
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Environment
Science: Well-fed baboon babies become best reproducers
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In Brief: Suspect virus
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In Brief: Weighty problem
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In Brief: Sorry, no cyclotron
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In Brief: Birmingham Six
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In Brief: French link-up
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Legal, decent and patently untruthful
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Spinning satellite
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What's wrong with French literature?
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The well runs dry for California's farmers
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Dutch plan to take toll on road traffic
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The cup that cheers environmentalists
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South Africa wakes up to the threat of AIDS
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Dengue fever grips Brazil as officials wrangle over blame
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In Brief: Salyut shower
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In Brief: Sinking ships
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In Brief: Fish's future is a bit of a mouthful
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'Black gold' obscures green vision in US
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Secret report exposes fears for British science
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MPs condemn government record on funding
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US feels heat on global warming stance
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Health hazards that lurk in 'inert' gas
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Judge backs case against passive smoking
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Opinion
Features
Climate Change: Energy answers for North and South - Planners in Sweden think their countries can meet their energy needs, cut emissions of greenhouse gases, and get richer, by the end of the century
Features
Climate change: The first steps out of the greenhouse - From fridges to cars, we already have the technology we need to curb the greenhouse effect. What stops us taking the first step and using it?
Features
An unlikely civil servant: Michael Peckham is the first person to take on the task of directing the research effort of the National Health Service. Next month he will be telling ministers what his plans are
Features
The malleable microbe: Just how different is a bacterium from an elephant? The answer lies in the flexible genes of the lowly microorganism
Features
Standing up to earthquakes: An earthquake destroys buildings by shaking them to pieces. Engineers are finding ways to keep them standing when the ground moves
Features
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Water from the ground
Inside Science
Forum: They can't say they weren't warned - Thistle diary, comment from Westminster
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Forum: What's so special about the centre? - It is time for a little post-Copernican thinking
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Forum: The Ppound in your pocket - Ian Stewart has finally sorted out his millions from his billions
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Forum: Per Astra ad ardua - Barry Fox tries to rescue high-definition TV from the Sky/BSB merger
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Forum: The rise and fall of the British bog - History in the unmaking
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Arts: Mind dances
Books & Arts
Review: The ant's tale
Books & Arts
Review: Public understanding of technology
Books & Arts
Review: God's aims
Books & Arts
Review: The colour of the future
Books & Arts
Review: Gender engenders science
Books & Arts
Review: Minamata and the search for justice
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Talking Point: A lesson in defence from the Gulf
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