Poland’s science sets off for market: The political changes sweeping Eastern Europe are turning its science upside down. But there are plenty of traps awaiting those trying to set up new structures
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Through a sheep’s eye
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On shaky ground: The great earthquake of 1906 rocked San Francisco to its foundations. Geologists are now discovering why last year’s Loma Prieta quake hit the same spots
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The simplest chemical reaction: What exactly happens when molecules react chemically? Chemists are striving to find out through ingenious experiments that test the subtle details of the quantum theory of reactions
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Hit and run in Sarawak: Under the floodlights of 24-hour forestry, the world’s oldest rainforest is disappearing before the eyes of its inhabitants. Who will call a halt?
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A cool solution to global warming: Modern fridges and freezers are among our most inefficient domestic appliances. Only legislation will persuade manufacturers to build coolers that do not waste energy
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News
French help
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Technology
Technology: The little shock that’s too much for a sperm
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Technology
Technology: The signal that tells videos when the time is right
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Technology
Technology: Minister sent to Wales to defend American radar
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Technology
Technology: New system at Fylingdales is safe, says RAF
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Technology
Technology: Cancer cells ‘cleaned’ out of bone marrow cells
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World Bank pledges aid for environment
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Fuel for Controversy
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Supercollider will drain research funds, warn physicists
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California switches tactics in medfly battle
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Put my head in the freezer, says mathematician
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Vietnam death
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Shuttle schools
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Brain cells come to life in the laboratory
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Technology
Technology: Quick shower saves Rembrandt from vitriolic attack
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Fried chicken
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The rise and rise of collaborative writing
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Elected at last
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Less gas
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Pressure builds to save museum staff
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How apartheid is destroying South Africa’s environment
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Landfill tips going unchecked, say inspectors
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Sting-Ray laser
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US softens on technology trade with Eastern bloc
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Science ‘paralysed’ as financial crisis hits Brazil
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Interferon drug ‘can alleviate AIDS symptoms’
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Soviet academy’s President scrapes through for second term
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Genetically altered meat slips through the net
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Britain and US snub environment conference
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Science: How yeast cells know when to divide
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Science: How to ‘weigh’ a black hole
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Science: Vision of a cloudless planet Earth
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Technology
Technology: Plastic ribbon shakes the ice off aircraft
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Science: Can you catch an ulcer?
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Features
Poland’s science sets off for market: The political changes sweeping Eastern Europe are turning its science upside down. But there are plenty of traps awaiting those trying to set up new structures
Features
Through a sheep’s eye
Features
On shaky ground: The great earthquake of 1906 rocked San Francisco to its foundations. Geologists are now discovering why last year’s Loma Prieta quake hit the same spots
Features
The simplest chemical reaction: What exactly happens when molecules react chemically? Chemists are striving to find out through ingenious experiments that test the subtle details of the quantum theory of reactions
Features
Hit and run in Sarawak: Under the floodlights of 24-hour forestry, the world’s oldest rainforest is disappearing before the eyes of its inhabitants. Who will call a halt?
Features
A cool solution to global warming: Modern fridges and freezers are among our most inefficient domestic appliances. Only legislation will persuade manufacturers to build coolers that do not waste energy
Features
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Review: A prescription for empathy
Books & Arts
Forum: Your work in their hands – People would be less distrustful of technology if they were given more information
Forum: What did you do before you grew up, dad? – A play in one act
Review: Science should be child’s play
Books & Arts
Thistle Diary – More comment from Westminster: Doom and gloom pays off
Forum: The stuff that dreams are made of – Useful form of injection-moulded plastic
Forum: One hundred and one damnations / A look forward to the dogfight of the century
Review: Patterns of suspicion
Books & Arts
Review: The ghost in the brain
Books & Arts
Review: A prize for plain speaking about science – A look at the books shortlisted for the Science Book of the Year
Books & Arts
