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Earth

The green diplomat

Sir Crispin Tickell has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He has also helped to put climate change at the top of the world's political agenda

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The irresistible fluid and the immovable rock: How does a fluid seep through solid rock? The subtle variations in the paths that different fluids take affect everything from lava to oil reservoirs

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Health

Freud: who seduced whom?

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Pathways to pain control: We know a lot about acute pain and how to control it. But hospital wards are full of patients suffering unnecessarily after surgery

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Is nature mathematical?

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British innovation, German style: The major political parties agree that Britain must make industrial capital out of academic ideas. All three are looking to Germany for inspiration

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How to seal a supertanker

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The art of putting industryin perspective: Edna Lumb’s record of Britain’s industrial heritage ranges from the glories of Victorian engineering to the peaks of London’s skyline. Yet galleries find little space for her art

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Europe’s shining new light: Near the French Alps a dream machine is being built that will be all things to all scientists. It will be able to shed light of unsurpassed brilliance on all kinds of crystals, molecules and atoms

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Logging rainforests the natural way?: Those who wish to exploit rainforests usually destroy them. One answer may be to extract timber in a way that mimics the natural destruction which is inherent in a rainforest’s life cycle

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Battle looms over European research: Jacques Delors wants European Community funds to help industry to perfect its products. Opponents argue that this is an improper use of taxpayers’ money

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The women who went back to technology: Ten years ago a pioneering project was set up to help women return to technological careers. What happened to the hundreds who enrolled?

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The secret sex lives of fungi

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Nanotechnology rules, OK!

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