How plankton change the climate: Plankton affect our planet far more then their-size suggests. Their role in the carbon cycle pushed the world into ice ages and could control how fast our climate changes in the future
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Quasar jets and cosmic engines
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Europe plans for cleaner water: Next week European environment ministers meet in Brussels to discuss a proposal to reduce the pollution of the community's waterways. The water industry is already working out how to cope
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A quick fix for Hubble?: The Hubble Space Telescope has blurred vision, and shakes so much that it has difficulty pointing in the right direction. NASA must now decide what to repair, when to do it and how
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Trials and tribulations of a malaria vaccine
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Europe calls for common policy for defence research
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Scientists find German research more quotable
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AIDS researcher accused of 'lining his pockets'
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Technology: Engines get a lift from variable valves
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Technology: Desktop test catches glaucoma early . . .
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Technology: . . . and a plastic implant provides the cure
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Technology: An explosive start to fast-maturing cheeses
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Technology: River flow powers prize pump
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Technology: Sunshine brings water to West Africa
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Technology: Hybrid switch speeds data on its way . . .
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Technology: . . . while optical amp spans the globe
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Science: Naughty nylon creates a hot and bothered atmosphere
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Science: Graph theory shows how to dig a better mine
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Science: Metallic hydrogen claim was premature
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Science: 'Naked singularities' pose problems for Einstein's theory
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Science: Proteins change their shape in the blink of a laser flash
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Science: How living communities protect their own
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Science: Hope for quick leprosy cure
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Science: 'Ozone killer' found in atmosphere far away from the polar regions
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Pension problem
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One way to solve parking problems
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Un-safety valves
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'Cruelty' libel
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Top of the world
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High-speed delay
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Sour grapes land US in the dock
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Pollution and hunting threaten Brazil's manatees
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Taking out the gas
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'Unethical' tests split HIV researchers
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AIDS studies must focus more on people
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Europeans extend computer R&D
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Germany to turn salt mines into toxic dumps
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Holland's windmills turn again
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Opinion
Features
How plankton change the climate: Plankton affect our planet far more then their-size suggests. Their role in the carbon cycle pushed the world into ice ages and could control how fast our climate changes in the future
Features
Quasar jets and cosmic engines
Features
Europe plans for cleaner water: Next week European environment ministers meet in Brussels to discuss a proposal to reduce the pollution of the community's waterways. The water industry is already working out how to cope
Features
A quick fix for Hubble?: The Hubble Space Telescope has blurred vision, and shakes so much that it has difficulty pointing in the right direction. NASA must now decide what to repair, when to do it and how
Features
Trials and tribulations of a malaria vaccine
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Talking Point: Seabirds for fish, a deadly trade-off
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Climate
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Forum: Keep singing the auld song - Roger Smith wants a rousing chorus for Scottish nature conservation
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Forum: Curing within our means - The National Health Service can't afford to do everything, says Donald Gould
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Forum: Tired of bowing down before the bone idols - Nick Hodgetts is falling out of love with sauropods
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Thistle Diary: It all starts at school - Comment from Westminster
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Review: Braintwisters
Books & Arts
Forum: Titillation in the table of contents - Titles of papers grow ever more bizarre, notes Frank Ulrich
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Review: What it is all about
Books & Arts
Review: I sing the body electronic
Books & Arts
Review: Sky high problems
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Review: A close look at fusion
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Review: Fatalism's flaws destroy the wilderness
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