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18 November 1995

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Features

Talking up a revolution

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ENIGMA: 849 Bird watching

Opinion

Australia the Brave?

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Talking up a revolution

Features

Total access, no handicap

Features

Some of our selenium is missing

Features

Breaking the laws of flight

Features

Last stand on the Nagara

Features

You can call me MAK

Features

The Mine on the Moon

Features

Think like a muscle

Features

Don't chuck it, eat it

Features

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ENIGMA: 849 Bird watching

ON Bird Island the straight North-South road from Puffin Rock to Quail Moor passes Nuthatch Wood and Osprey Lake. These four locations divide the road into three sections, each a whole number of miles in length. Rail Marsh is due East of Nuthatch Wood, and its straight-line distances from the four locations on the road …

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Technology

Netropolitan – The Democracy Network of Iran

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Netropolitan – where to find us

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Technology

Silicon cells with a life of their own

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Technology

Tags are a chemist's best friend

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Technology

Tiny plane weathers the storm

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Technology

Goodbye Teletext, hello Net

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Technology

Netropolitan – Privacy International site

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Technology

Planting season grows with spray-on coats for crops

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Technology

Volcanic gas kills evil weevils

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The rise and fall of a roving hotspot

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Why California's coastline belongs to the Pacific

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Did Asia rock the human cradle?

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Protein partners tighten their grip on Huntingdon's

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Bendy future for atomic hosepipe

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A chew above the rest

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Humans

The WW2 bombs dumped off western Scotland washing up on beaches

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When suicide is a singular business

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Humble molecule goads immune system into action

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Technology

How to mend a broken heart

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Australia's green dissenters gagged

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France freezes AIDS francs

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Lucky few in line for school Net links

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The last of the biospherians

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Brussels blocks Britain's clean air plan

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Jumbo count pins down roving elephants

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Fears over free access to medical records

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Peregrines are innocent, OK?

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Green radio goes on safari in South Africa

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To count or not to count …

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'Nuclear gold' falls through the floor

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No more special safeguards for biotech drug

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Rabbit fever

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Poop poop!

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Parisian uprising

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Juliet, Juliet, wherefore art thou?

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Canadian home

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Setting sun

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Chemists unite

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Opinion

Australia the Brave?

IF you live in the northern hemisphere, Australia will seem particularly inviting just now. As winter chills set in, advertisements for holidays promise unspoilt beaches, pristine coral reefs and vast expanses of untouched wilderness. But Paul Ehrlich, the American biology professor who for the past few decades has been the world's leading prophet of ecological …

Opinion

It could be you … honest

Opinion

Features

Talking up a revolution

THE idea that continents wander across the surface of the Earth and were once joined in one giant landmass may have rocked the geological establishment in the 1960s, but it is fundamentally superficial. That, at least, is the view in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Nagoya University, where researchers are determined to …

Features

Total access, no handicap

Features

Some of our selenium is missing

Features

Breaking the laws of flight

Features

Last stand on the Nagara

Features

You can call me MAK

Features

The Mine on the Moon

Features

Think like a muscle

Features

Don't chuck it, eat it

Features

A strong odour of fish

A CLASH over patents this summer raised a bit of an academic stink. It was all about a patent taken out by William Davidson and Sylvia Bartlett of Memorial University of Newfoundland in St John's, and a company called Seabright. As Andy Coghlan reported, the patent involves a means of verifying that processed fish products …

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Power line radiation standards under fire

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A doctor by any other name …

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Life under the ocean wave

Books & Arts

Bridge over troubled waters

Books & Arts

Be there or be square

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Wet, wet, wet

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Stocking filler

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Portrait of an island

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Will Comet Hype miss Earth this time?

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The wonder of it all

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Raining stones

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MacMischief

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That's exntertainment

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Bestsellers from Sydney

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Dive, dive

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Vikings first

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For those in peril on the sea

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Chimps like us

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Brain trials

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All together now

Books & Arts

Trouble with Atlantis: The Sunken Kingdom

Books & Arts

How do you like your fudge?

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Near miss

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Signed and delivered

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Light fantastic

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Garden tales

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Carry on learning: Learning Cyberspace

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All I want for Xmas …

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Slugs, glorious slugs

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Presents, please

Books & Arts

Regulars

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WHO KNOWS where this "news item" originated? It's yet another of those postings on the Internet which reached us via a thoughtful reader, but which cannot be traced back to its source. Sadly, it might well be true. "Some men," it begins, "will go to extraordinary lengths to prove how macho they are. Witness Frenchman …

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This week's magazine

18 November 1995

On the cover

Talking up a revolution

Total access, no handicap

Some of our selenium is missing

Breaking the laws of flight

Last stand on the Nagara

You can call me MAK

The Mine on the Moon

Think like a muscle

Don't chuck it, eat it

Table of contents

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ENIGMA: 849 Bird watching

Technology

Netropolitan – The Democracy Network of Iran

Technology

Netropolitan – where to find us

Technology

Silicon cells with a life of their own

Technology

Tags are a chemist's best friend

Technology

Tiny plane weathers the storm

Technology

Goodbye Teletext, hello Net

Technology

Netropolitan – Privacy International site

Technology

Planting season grows with spray-on coats for crops

Technology

Volcanic gas kills evil weevils

The rise and fall of a roving hotspot

Why California's coastline belongs to the Pacific

Did Asia rock the human cradle?

Protein partners tighten their grip on Huntingdon's

Bendy future for atomic hosepipe

A chew above the rest

Humans

The WW2 bombs dumped off western Scotland washing up on beaches

When suicide is a singular business

Humble molecule goads immune system into action

Technology

How to mend a broken heart

Australia's green dissenters gagged

France freezes AIDS francs

Lucky few in line for school Net links

The last of the biospherians

Brussels blocks Britain's clean air plan

Jumbo count pins down roving elephants

Fears over free access to medical records

Peregrines are innocent, OK?

Green radio goes on safari in South Africa

To count or not to count …

'Nuclear gold' falls through the floor

No more special safeguards for biotech drug

Rabbit fever

Poop poop!

Parisian uprising

Juliet, Juliet, wherefore art thou?

Canadian home

Setting sun

Chemists unite

Opinion

Australia the Brave?

It could be you … honest

Features

Talking up a revolution

Total access, no handicap

Some of our selenium is missing

Breaking the laws of flight

Last stand on the Nagara

You can call me MAK

The Mine on the Moon

Think like a muscle

Don't chuck it, eat it

More

A strong odour of fish

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