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How to kick the oil habit

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How to kick the oil habit

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Forum : Something out of nothing

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Forum : A case of angry reactions

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Forum : Meditations on the campaign trail

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Forum : How to pack a verbal punch

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Dispensing justice the American way

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How Billy Joel nearly saved the world

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Last exit from Prozac City

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Let's leave the cadet astronauts at home

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Forum: Science policy in a tug-of-war - Francis Slakey reviews the battle in Washington over the role of the National Science Foundation

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Forum: When the lights of reason go out - Francis Slakey ponders the faces of fantasy and New Age scientists

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