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Jet pioneers win engineering’s ‘Nobel prize’

The world's most valuable prize for engineering has gone to Europe's jet engine pioneers, awarded by the nation that first exploited the invention

Winners and losers in the invention game: What makes an invention successful, the invention or the inventor? Both and neither, say the experts. Five inventors tell of their experiences

Greens in muddy water over Indian dam: Debate surfaced in Britain last week over India’s Narmada dam, which has split opinion into bitterly opposing factions. Both sides believe they are fighting for responsible development

A moon with atmosphere: Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, has an atmosphere more like ours than any other body in the Solar System. Why?

Liberty, ecology, modernity: France’s demand for more water and power from the Loire threatens fragile wetlands. But engineers are becoming aware of the dangers of tampering with nature

Rock of ages – cleft by laser: If you want to date a rock, get a laser. That’s the message for geologists interested in the precise age of anything from Moon rocks to hominid fossils

Time to save rhinoceroses

Rough justice for East German science?: The work of scientists in the former East German republic has been on trial to see which parts should continue. Many of those put on the witness stand believe the jury was rigged

The myth of Michael Faraday: Michael Faraday was not just one of Britain’s greatest experimenters. A closer look at the man and his work reveals that he was also a clever theoretician

A crane’s eye view of tropical forests: Researchers in Panama have found a novel solution to the old ecological question of how to study the canopy of a tropical forest

A fitter theory of evolution?: Biologists have always denied that organisms can adapt their genes to suit a new environment. But some startling discoveries about bacteria are making them think again

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A fitter theory of evolution?

Multimedia in a muddle: Consumers should be wary about buying one of the long-awaited multimedia computer systems. Never before has there been so much confusion nor hype about a technology

How to dismantle a war machine: Since the end of the Gulf War, a UN team has had the unique task of seeking out and destroying Iraq’s secret weapons