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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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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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A quantum leap to better standards

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Radioactive waste 鈥� back to the future?

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Who wants to be an engineer?

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Flesh and blood: Does pornography lead to sexual violence?

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A Mediterranean holiday from pollution

The Mediterranean Basin is on the brink of environmental ruin and faces a massive onslaught from developers. The Nicosia Charter, adopted by most of the region's nations last weekend, could mark the turning of the tide

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The slimming of clinical research: Britain’s only institution dedicated to clinical research is to close. What lessons can we learn from its demise, to strengthen links between scientists and doctors?

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Wormholes, time travel and quantum gravity

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Defenders of the reef: Jewel-like corals and brightly coloured fish attract biologists to the study of reefs. But a sorely neglected group of organisms, the coralline algae, may be more crucial to the survival of the reef than any of their more spectacul

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Working-class honours 鈥� the not-so glittering prizes: Why isthe status of science and technology in Britain so low? It could be becausethe practitioners of these disciplines tend to come from the working class

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