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Platonic relationships in the Universe?: Some scientists follow the Platonic tradition, seeing the Universe as basically simple and symmetrical. Others take the Aristotelian view that it is complicated and random. Who is right?

Humans

Avebury revisited: Archaeologists rethink ancient site’s true purpose

New Zealand’s restoration ecology:

Health

An ill wind from Chernobyl

The legacy of Chernobyl: Five years after the worst accident in the history of civilian nuclear power, people in the Ukraine still live in restricted zones and daily run the risk of exposure to high levels of radiation

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News

No cash for hospital cleanup

Technology

Technology: Star wars gives a clear view of the sky

Doubts over testing hamper India’s AIDS effort

Japan rethinks curbs on transplant operations

Prize ants

Loadsa ladybirds

Cure in mum’s milk

Will sort-of-symmetry decorate Kuwait?

Kinnock on research

Firefighters’ fright

Malaria herb

Science: Meteorite bonanza in Australian desert

Chocolate checks the chill that kills

Hitch in Eurobank’s green agenda

Boom or gloom in British science?

Science: Mathematicians learn how to join the dots

Nuclear industry aims to improve its image

France calls for European electronics agency

Decade of destruction for rare birds

Greenpeace to leave Antarctica without a trace

Woman’s death linked to ‘abortion pill’

Nasty things that live in the rubbish

Sunken tanker fuels debate over dispersants

Safety system that might have averted disaster

Hot water sterilises Alaska’s oiled beaches

Technology

Technology: Bundle of tubes brings X-rays into focus

Technology

Technology: Computer pretends to pollute the sea

Technology

Technology: Bacteria keep watch on drinking water

Technology

Technology: Look who’s talking – it’s a computer

Technology

Technology: Australian telescope spreads out to get a better view

Technology

Technology: Infrared video camera pierces the celestial gloom

Science: Screwy superconductors carry higher currents

Science: Migrating birds use genetic maps to navigate

Science: Is this the biggest black hole in the Universe?

Opinion

Comment: Truth and Chernobyl

Features

Platonic relationships in the Universe?: Some scientists follow the Platonic tradition, seeing the Universe as basically simple and symmetrical. Others take the Aristotelian view that it is complicated and random. Who is right?

Humans

Avebury revisited: Archaeologists rethink ancient site’s true purpose

New Zealand’s restoration ecology:

Health

An ill wind from Chernobyl

The legacy of Chernobyl: Five years after the worst accident in the history of civilian nuclear power, people in the Ukraine still live in restricted zones and daily run the risk of exposure to high levels of radiation

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Talking Point: Cold fusion – a reply to critics

Talking Point: Cold fusion – a reply to critics

Forum: Zero will come of zero – Anthony Edwards is determined not to become a cipher

Forum: Little gods with little minds – Donald Gould has had his fill of experts

Student Review: How should we live?

Forum: Watching the ‘race’ detectives – The results of South Africa’s race classification laws

Thistle Diary: Saving Edinburgh from Labrador – Comment from Westminster

Student Review: Studying the past environment

Student Review: How plants and animals live, die and fossilise

Student Review: Signs of summer?

Student Review: Constructing psychology

Student Review: Astronomy-still looking up

Student Review: The state of the Earth

Forum: Playtime in the office – Fun can be a great teacher

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