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biotechnology
	1 DEC 2000	Old Tat teaches drug smugglers new tricks Drug designers have learned a lesson from viruses. Philip Ball investigates.
	30 NOV 2000	Bugs for toxic clean-up Paint, polish and glue make tasty snacks for new bacteria.
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brain
	16 NOV 2000	Monkey see, robot do The power of thought can drive robotic movement and may help paralysed people. David Adam investigates.
	24 NOV 2000	Brain goes on the blink There is more to a blink than meets the eye, Jessa Netting finds.
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chemistry
	28 NOV 2000	Evolution throws up new drugs Chemistry is aping biology in the search for new antibiotics.
	10 NOV 2000	Pit stop Molecules can react a few at a time in crucibles just one atom deep, Philip Ball reports.
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climate
	2 OCT 2000	Making waves Shrinking rain forests could wreak weather changes even in western Europe, reports Philip Ball.
	9 NOV 2000	Snow falling on cedars Philip Ball explains why forests might exacerbate rather than mitigate global warming.
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earth
	29 NOV 2000	New ways to predict quakes? Earthquake prediction has the reputation of a black art. Philip Ball looks at three new studies that are trying to make it a science.
	22 SEP 2000	Move any mountain Are too many men making the earth move, Philip Ball asks?
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ecology
	30 OCT 2000	Spies like us Male burying beetles’ paternal enthusiasm could be a way of policing their partners’ sex lives, Jessa Netting finds.
	22 NOV 2000	Monogamous males play away from home Valerie Depraetere finds out why some birds go AWOL.
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environment
	21 NOV 2000	Plants warm planet Global warming encourages vegetation, but the reverse may also be true, Valerie Depraetere finds.
	20 NOV 2000	African dust chokes Caribbean reefs Global warming may be damaging Caribbean coral reefs by causing the Sahara desert to expand.
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evolution
	8 NOV 2000	Stiff fish in a spin Fishes are teaching engineers that a stiff body can be as agile as a more supple one, Valerie Depraetere explains.
	20 OCT 2000	Model of good (and bad) behaviour Computer-generated organisms roam or stay home depending, Jessa Netting discovers, on whether they are naughty or nice.
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lifelines
	23 NOV 2000	Blood test for prions? A new test for diseases like BSE could be round the corner. David Adam reports.
	24 NOV 2000	Falcons spiral in for the kill Sideways vision means there is more to the prey-plucking plummet of a peregrine falcon than meets the eye.
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medicine
	23 NOV 2000	Virus hope for diabetics Researchers have cured diabetic rats with gene therapy, Valerie Depraetere reports.
	30 NOV 2000	Ebola vaccine hope The first vaccine to protect primates from Ebola virus offers hope for a human version, Valerie Depraetere reports.
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phenomena
	1 DEC 2000	Butterfly voters confused New research supports the argument that the presidential ballot paper used in Palm Beach County was confusing.
	4 OCT 2000	Shuffling: what's the deal? Philip Ball finds out how many times you really need to shuffle that deck of cards to rule out any chance of dodgy dealing.
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physics
	30 NOV 2000	Buckyball superconductors hot up The carbon football could become the hottest of superconductors, reports Philip Ball.
	27 NOV 2000	End not nigh Fears that the end of the world might be hatched in a particle accelerator are unwarranted, explains Philip Ball.
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policy
	9 DEC 1999	Patent on key PCR enzyme ruled invalid One of the key tools of biological research, ‘Taq DNA polymerase’ is at the centre of a fierce legal battle. David Dickson reports on the latest development.
	13 SEP 1999	BAAS 'Creating Sparks' festival special: A matter of opinion In the volatile 'first past the post' voting systems used by Britain and the US, opinion polls leave a lot to be desired.
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relics
	16 NOV 2000	Sky was the limit for the Pyramids Dinah Ashman explains how modern astronomy may have put a new date on the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza
	9 NOV 2000	Waterworld How do you feed a large population living on a savanna? An ancient, and surprising, answer to this question could have lessons for development today, John Whitfield finds.
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space
	29 NOV 2000	Stars run away for two reasons A new study finds that two old theories of why stars hurtle through the heavens are both right.
	17 NOV 2000	Catch a falling star this weekend Stargazers may be in for a treat this weekend as the Earth takes its annual trip through the Leonid meteor belt.
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technology
	24 NOV 2000	Longer lasting hips? A new composite ceramic could extend the lifetime of artificial hip implants.
	23 NOV 2000	Physicists squeeze laser light from silicon A silicon solid-state laser that would transform information technology is one step closer, Philip Ball reports.
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