From green to academe: Richard Macrory, a former campaigner with Friends of the Earth, has become Britain's first professor of environmental law. Is this a natural progression or a clever change of tack?
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Metals pass the endurance test: Materials used in jet engines, power stations and chemical plants have a tough time. New compounds made from two or more metals could have the right qualities for the job
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Turning the proton inside out
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Earth
Last chance to save the planet?
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Computers to beat the bookies: As punters prepare to risk a flutter on next week's Derby classic, more computing aids are becoming available for those who take their betting seriously
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Patents: Patents Information
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Technology
Technology: Soviet building monitors its health
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Technology
Technology: US battery research moves up a gear
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Technology
Technology: Cheap probe plumbs the depths
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Technology
Technology: Icy air helps turbine keep cool
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Technology
Technology: Satellite peers through window to the Galaxy
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Patents: A fair cop
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Patents: Moving pictures
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Science: Potent painkiller from poisonous frog
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Science: Pregnancy hormone makes the heart race
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Science: The acceptable face of carbon dioxide
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Science: Busy bees work themselves to death
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Science: Mathematicians learn how to tame chaos
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Science: Now you see it . . . now you don't
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Technology
Technology: Flat screen future for HDTV
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Science: NASA expoited chaos to control spaceprobe
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Paper bedding for a comfortable calf
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Stemming leukaemia
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Silicon vallee
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'No' to new numbers
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Ozone amendments
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Back to school
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Earth
Focus: A climate of confidence
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NASA cuts back to win over Congress
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Zoo animals doo it better
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Bush's 'ploy' on fetal tissue research
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Computer counterfeiters profit in prison
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Men banned from raising the flag
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Last-minute 'compromise' saves biodiversity treaty
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French urged to curb their thirst . . .
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. . . while Africa's drought spreads
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Lead campaigner cleared of fraud
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Island devastated by mine, say rebels
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Dounreay cools off
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Free trade 'undermines the environment'
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First among fungi . . . for now
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Hum test
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Glittering prizes
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Computer takes the enigma out of the Sphinx
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Research bears cost of united Germany
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Brain drain out of Africa
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Homeless monkeys
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Opinion
Features
From green to academe: Richard Macrory, a former campaigner with Friends of the Earth, has become Britain's first professor of environmental law. Is this a natural progression or a clever change of tack?
Features
Metals pass the endurance test: Materials used in jet engines, power stations and chemical plants have a tough time. New compounds made from two or more metals could have the right qualities for the job
Features
Turning the proton inside out
Features
Earth
Last chance to save the planet?
Features
Computers to beat the bookies: As punters prepare to risk a flutter on next week's Derby classic, more computing aids are becoming available for those who take their betting seriously
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Forum: Good clean nuclear thoughts - Donald Gould visits a high temple of science and technology where all is tranquil
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Forum: There I was, surveying this hole . . . - Willie Stanton believes that environmental protection should begin at home
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Thistle Diary: Bright minds should be brought together - More comment from Westminster by Tam Dalyell
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Review: Reflections in a crystal world
Books & Arts
Review: The man who bled redheads
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