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16 September 2009

PHOTO GALLERY

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SOLAR SYSTEM

Jupiter had brief encounter For 12 years in the middle of the last century, the giant planet drew a passing comet into orbit before flinging it away again

GREEN TECH

Electricity grows on trees Simply plugging into tree trunks allows tiny trickles of power to be leached. Start-up companies and academics are…

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