Raising rice in the savannas: Few farmers once bothered with the savannas of South America for anything other than cattle raising. Now they have begun to grow rice on the continent's grassy plains
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The man who made computers personal: Alan Kay may not be a household name but he has revolutionised our lifestyles. Since his student days, he has pioneered the creation of computers that can be used by anyone - a vision that has remained undimmed afte
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The big bang strikes back
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Challenge for the big bang: Results from the COBE probe ruled out key elements in the conventional explanation of how the Universe began. Is it time for an alternative theory?
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Alzheimer's disease: arthritis of the brain?
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Technology: Magnets attractive for quicker sewage cleaning
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Science: High-speed threat to ozone layer
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Science: The battle for young planets
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Technology: Jet test boosts prospects for cheap flight
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Technology: Robot gets a handle on pruning vines
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Science: Stray body found beyond Saturn
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Science: A helping hand for stroke sufferers
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Science: Two ways to make a speedy pulsar
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Science: Graveyard ghosts are a gas
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Science: Why cycad sex is hot and sticky
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Hopes for drug bleaker than ever
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Only safe sex can 'contain' AIDS
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Systematics spurned
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Nuclear option
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Sheep with a human touch
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DNA clue
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Satellite talk-down
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Locust plague
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French first
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Technology
Time for virtual nuclear tests?
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Giant rodents swamp Louisiana's wetlands
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'Many ways' to kill off chemical weapons
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Diabetics protected by strict regime
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Harmful rays hit southern city
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Pinatubo points to vulnerable climate
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Iraq's nuclear fuel faces unstable future
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Danube falls victim to Croatian fighting
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Balancing the risks of breast and bottle
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Do human proteins protect against HIV infection?
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Gene industry fails to win hearts and minds
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Electronics 'baby' is being strangled at birth
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Californian coucillors poised to blot out stars
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How to police the plant plunderers
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Vanishing plants
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Opinion
Features
Raising rice in the savannas: Few farmers once bothered with the savannas of South America for anything other than cattle raising. Now they have begun to grow rice on the continent's grassy plains
Features
The man who made computers personal: Alan Kay may not be a household name but he has revolutionised our lifestyles. Since his student days, he has pioneered the creation of computers that can be used by anyone - a vision that has remained undimmed afte
Features
The big bang strikes back
Features
Challenge for the big bang: Results from the COBE probe ruled out key elements in the conventional explanation of how the Universe began. Is it time for an alternative theory?
Features
Alzheimer's disease: arthritis of the brain?
Features
