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How green is our government? In an exclusive preview of the government’s White Paper on the environment, New 杏吧原创 reveals a disappointing lack of imagination and commitment on long-term issues

Waste that no one wants: Britain’s domestic rubbish is a growing problem. Recycling may help. But it must go hand in hand with better ways of handling the waste that no one can reuse

The case against recycling the US’s waste

Genes and history

A farm on the wild side

Down and out in Tokyo: According to a survey to be published next week, expatriate scientists find working in Japan more of a shocking cultural experiment than a valuable professional experience

Recycling Britain: Britain aims to recycle half the recoverable component of its domestic waste by the year 2000. To reach this target we need some clever new technology

Table of contents

News

Science: Three steps on the road to extinction

Earth

Science: Total CFC ban needed to halt global warming

Science: Chemists make a molecular junction box

Science: Rock crunching snails turn the desert green

Science: Could ‘rhythmic’ doses improve cancer drugs?

Science: Targeting tumour cells with chemical clusters

Technology

Technology: Tags for bags boost airport security

Bushy tale

New hepatitis

Harrier jumps again at Farnborough

Not so fast

Save the energy

Gene triumph

Soviet academics become their own bosses

Cash promise for schools inquiry

Learned society faces multimillion-dollar courtroom battle

It came from outer space . . .

Genome mappers test their system

Brazilians launch plan to bring back the trees

Medical bibles in the shade over suntan lotions

AIDS trial expands

Developers drive Britain’s birds away from estuaries

Earth

Model-makers defend consensus on climate

‘Unnecessary’ X-rays blamed for cancer deaths

Mathematicians honour Fields Medal winners

Drugs agency courts credibility through new openness

Technology

Technology: Fuzzy future for small satellite dishes

Technology

Technology: Potatoes and peas make a meal of pests

Technology

Technology: Breathing test could detect the risk of cot death

Technology

Technology: The Farnborough International Airshow – Britain calls for European remote-sensing agency

Technology

Technology: The Farnborough International Airshow – Soviets show off their big bird

Technology

Technology: The Farnborough International Airshow – Engine maker seeks out ceramics

Opinion

Comment: Pale green manifesto

Comment: A climate of reason

Talking Point: Opening the door to social scientists

Features

How green is our government? In an exclusive preview of the government’s White Paper on the environment, New 杏吧原创 reveals a disappointing lack of imagination and commitment on long-term issues

Waste that no one wants: Britain’s domestic rubbish is a growing problem. Recycling may help. But it must go hand in hand with better ways of handling the waste that no one can reuse

The case against recycling the US’s waste

Genes and history

A farm on the wild side

Down and out in Tokyo: According to a survey to be published next week, expatriate scientists find working in Japan more of a shocking cultural experiment than a valuable professional experience

Recycling Britain: Britain aims to recycle half the recoverable component of its domestic waste by the year 2000. To reach this target we need some clever new technology

More

Specialist Review: Inflation and the other big bang

Forum: Who’s hijacking conservation? – The man who believes animal welfare groups go too far

Thistle Diary – More Comments From Westminster: From the North Sea to Eastern Europe

Forum: A degree of truth – Some advice for prospective students

Specialist Review: Majestic structures

Forum: Trust the experts – The pitfalls of trusting in expert evidence

Specialist Review: How to exclude the engineer

Specialist Review: How to reverse engineer the brain

Specialist Review: The bones of the red and black land

Specialist Review: Cold cuts

Specialist Review: Vorsprung durch Technik

Specialist Review: A zoologist’s zoology

Specialist Review: Chile’s founding fathers and mothers

Specialist Review: Minor planets

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1 September 1990