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| New evidence proves that marine life
closely mirrors global climatic change. Meher Engineer reports |
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abundances and distributions? The stock answer is that phenologists, who study
the timings of the seasonal activities of animals and plants, care, and so does
the fisheries ... | Read.. |
| How
giraffes got long necks |
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to browse in trees high above the competition. That ... | Read.. |
| When
spices carry fatal bugs |
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into aloo dum or cardamom dropped into meat gravy ... | Read.. |
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king and I |
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I ever became famous and wrote an autobiography, I woul ... | Read.. |
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pursuit of awareness |
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in the field of space research and nuclear power in ... | Read.. |
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They labour long hours to write their software, testing and perfecting it. They
toil in obscurity, fully aware that they?ll never get credit for their work. Their
programmes will never make it to computer stores, and they?ll never receive a
penny for ... | Read.. |
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Poor surveillance |
A ?ticking time-bomb? is without doubt an attractive catchword, although it is
in danger of turning into a clich?. And an international expert last week used
it to describe the HIV situation in India. Richard Feachem, executive director
of the Globa ... | Read.. |
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Making sense of chemical soups
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VANITY, VITALITY AND VIRILITY JOHN EMSLEY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; $ 28 ... | Read.. |
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It sounds like the beginning of a teaching case for medical students: a 14-year-old
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