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From the archives 20 years ago: the great phone cancer scare

16 April 2019

In April 1999, New Scientist decided to test 'radiation protection devices' against the harmful effects of mobile phones

These strange lines of cloud are seeded by pollution from ships

21 February 2018

Much as an aeroplane leaves contrails, streaks of white cloud condense onto the tiny particles thrown into the air by the exhausts of travelling ships

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From the archives 20 years ago: the great phone cancer scare

These strange lines of cloud are seeded by pollution from ships

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