Can we stop the wetlands from drying up?: From southernSpain to northern Nigeria, conservationists are struggling to convincegovernments of the value of wetlands. Ted Hollis and James Bedding findoutif they are succeeding . . .
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Opinion
Editor's picks
Fantastic Voyage into the Virtual Brain: For years, neuroscientists have dreamt of getting inside the brain to watch the nerve cells at work. Now, as Bob Holmes discovers, they have powerful ways of making the dream come true
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Sunny days for solar power: Some of the world's leadingproponents of solar power have chosen Australia as the venue fordemonstrating how to make the most of the Sun's energy. Ian Andersonreports
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Table of contents
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Technology
Technology: Giant effects a giant squeeze
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Technology
Technology: Fake leaves spot thirsty plants
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Earth
Can burning plastics be good for the world?
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Technology
Technology: Vapour tracker goes to sea
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Science: An angle on how to join up the dots
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Science: Hot and cold running model of the Universe
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Science: Sun throws up new neutrino riddle
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Parisian elephants back on parade
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Patent payment . . .
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. . . patent pact
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Cash for closure
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Virus with venom
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Rabies campaign
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Fast footnotes
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The debate over the limits: The good news is that alcoholprevents heart disease. The bad news is that it still causes cancers,cirrhosis and strokes. The result is a dilemma for public healthcampaigners. Helen Saul reports
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AIDS cases near the million mark
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Fun in the future laboratory
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Cultivating a taste for addiction?
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One small tape that saved Auntie's face . . .
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Electronic twitchers spot the night birds
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French law clamps down on tissue traders
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Different races, different veins?
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Ozone meter 'gets it wrong'
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Everlasting power for the executive on the move
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US acts fast to unravel viral link to cancer
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Anglo-German veto delays accelerator
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Battle for the world's seed banks
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Opinion
Features
Can we stop the wetlands from drying up?: From southernSpain to northern Nigeria, conservationists are struggling to convincegovernments of the value of wetlands. Ted Hollis and James Bedding findoutif they are succeeding . . .
Features
Fantastic Voyage into the Virtual Brain: For years, neuroscientists have dreamt of getting inside the brain to watch the nerve cells at work. Now, as Bob Holmes discovers, they have powerful ways of making the dream come true
Features
Sunny days for solar power: Some of the world's leadingproponents of solar power have chosen Australia as the venue fordemonstrating how to make the most of the Sun's energy. Ian Andersonreports
Features
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Review: In search of sea mammals
Books & Arts
Review: Roy Herbert considers attempts to educate the public, a trip around the human genome project, the intelligence of birds and the joys of feeding hypochondria
Books & Arts
Forum: What do you do with an old banger? - Patricia Lewis says we must give more thought to the future of our nuclear scientists
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Forum: Flagler's folly - Barry Fox investigates a disaster waiting to happen
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Thistle Diary: Time to air policy issues in public - More news from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
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