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"Fish do very well in the seas without eating cows"

1 July 2009

“Yes, it’s a little bit dangerous. Normally, people avoid the monsoon clouds.”

J. R. Kulkarni of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, which has begun an experiment to seed storm clouds with rain-inducing chemicals to try to control the timing of the annual monsoon. Its late arrival is causing havoc this year (The Times, London, 30 June)

“If you want to have a baby, our advice is to do it often.”

David Greening of Sydney IVF, a private fertility clinic, on his study of 118 men that found sperm damage was 12 per cent lower in men who had…

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