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In search of empty space – the Cluster mission: Space is not as empty as it sounds. Four European satellites will take a close look at the Earth’s surroundings in the middle of the 90s, hoping to find out how auroras form. The results could reveal secret

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Another life for electronics: As our homes fill with conventional electronics, Japanese firms are looking for new ways of selling us their products. And from experience, there is little we can do to stop them

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Who’s a clever parrot, then?: Few people would think it ethical to keep an ape in a cage in their front room, but parrots may be as bright as primates. And trade in parrots as pets is driving many to extinction

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Portrait of an exploding star: Exactly three years ago, a star blew itself apart in a nearby galaxy. Astronomers have now laid bare the details of the explosion

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The geothermal potential of a hot spring bath

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Nuclear power goes to the polls: On Sunday Japanese votersgo to the polls. For the first time in more than 30 years, the country’sdomination by one party is threatened. The opposition parties have promisedto end the nuclear industry’s cosy relationship wi

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The pixelated detector

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Behind the face of malnutrition: What causes malnutrition? Simple lack of food is not always the answer. It could be fungal toxins, damage by free radicals or lack of protein

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The dilemma of the jet set

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Irradiated food – too hot to handle?

The British government will soon present parliament with a bill to allow food to be sterilised by irradiation. But is the process safe, and do we really need it?

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Inside the AIDS virus

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Computers weave a new fashion: Textile manufacturers no longer need so many artists to create their wares. Computers are cutting corners in the design process

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Particle detectors come out of the laboratory: There is more to a particle physicist than a theoretician working on fundamental research with no practical use. Many are skilled inventors who have developed new kinds of technology that is benefiting indus

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Molecular clocks run out of time: The theory that we can date the birth of new species by charting the steady accumulation of mutations over evolutionary time is in serious trouble

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