Fear and laughter in the Kremlin: Soviet strategists dismissed Star Wars as technical nonsense, but they knew it could undermine delicate negotiations to control the spread of nuclear weapons
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The man who promised the earth: James Ionson set out to persuade the world that the biggest ever military research project would deliver enormous commercial benefits. He now admits he was exaggerating
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Blinded by the light: Because lasers were at the heart of the plan to build an impregnable shield for the planet, billions of dollars were thrown at the technology over a short period. Could that windfall have been better spent?
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What's harder than diamond?: Burgeoning research effortsshow that the potential rewards for making a 'superhard' substance are huge- but attempts to win carbon's crown have met some setbacks
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Table of contents
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Science and Fiction: In pursuit of the modern
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Science and Fiction: The world turned upside down
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Science and Fiction: Science in the realm of the imagination
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Science and Fiction: Moved by the mountains
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Science and Fiction: Plain words please
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Science and Fiction: Escape from the laws of physics
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Technology
Technology: Toxin test finds needle in the haystack
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Technology
Technology: Clearer recordings make up for lost time
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Technology
Technology: Things that go ping in the night
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Technology
Technology: Photocopier maker seeks a place in the sun
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Technology
Technology: Old-fashioned film rescues TV of the future
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Technology
Technology: Replacement parts ready for juddering Hubble
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Tiny spider
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Bio boost
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Library at a loss
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Early casualties of a sporting life: Thoroughbred racehorsesare pampered aristocrats of the equine world. But many have their careerscut short by injuries that some say are caused by pushing them too hardtoosoon
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Science: Sun-like star may have embryo solar system
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Science: 'Living fossil' comes out of its shell
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Science: The amphibious past of whales
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Science: Galileo lends weight to Einstein's theory of gravity
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Science: Fire and water: a recipe for ball lightning
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Accountants should not run British industry
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Will cash cutbacks spell the end for Freedom?
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Remote diagnosis for wounded GIs
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France revamps its space agency
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Publish damning report, say bosses
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Optimism over CF gene therapy
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Dam threatens last of Spain's brown bears
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Gulf fisheries still suffering in wake of war
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Plagues of crows plunder 'green' Dutch meadows
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Activists push through overhaul of AIDS research
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Water companies' leaky argument for reservoirs
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Pueblo Indians insist on right to clean river
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Fish out of water
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Money for dumps
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Lease of life for medieval meadows
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Early birds
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Euthanasia forum
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Secret samples reveal truth about anthrax
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New York's TB patients to be locked up until cured
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End to BSE epidemic 'just over the horizon'
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Opinion
Features
Fear and laughter in the Kremlin: Soviet strategists dismissed Star Wars as technical nonsense, but they knew it could undermine delicate negotiations to control the spread of nuclear weapons
Features
The man who promised the earth: James Ionson set out to persuade the world that the biggest ever military research project would deliver enormous commercial benefits. He now admits he was exaggerating
Features
Blinded by the light: Because lasers were at the heart of the plan to build an impregnable shield for the planet, billions of dollars were thrown at the technology over a short period. Could that windfall have been better spent?
Features
What's harder than diamond?: Burgeoning research effortsshow that the potential rewards for making a 'superhard' substance are huge- but attempts to win carbon's crown have met some setbacks
Features
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