Jonathan Beard

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Technology: Sensitive seismometers to straddle the globe

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Technology: A sticky way to numb the gums

Review: The autumn yields it crop of greenery - Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents

Art: Mondrian with chips

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Technology: Gene machine could speed up human genome project

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Technology: Robots learn to mind the furniture

Review: The good, the bad and the green in Amazonia

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Technology: Quick-change plastic may make for cheaper chips

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Technology: Wood waste pumps oil

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Technology: . . . while recycling could make power supplies soar

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Computer modelling makes jet engines less noxious . . .

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Technology: Ultrapure diamonds take the heat off chips