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Losing ground
To tectonics
Pacts opposed
Lazy summer
Screen test
Cheaper option to detect cervical cancer
New material
Polymer or a semiconductor
Long-term qualms
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Microbial fervour is in the air
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Nestle's crimes
In Brazil exposed by advocacy group
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Fund cut raises brows
True colours revealed
Paying for bribery
Bush wants asbestos protection
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Are tracts of DNA lacking genes junk or useful
Gene deserts
Waterless quicksand
Swallows objects instantly
Right beat
Stem cells can replace pacemaker
South Asia
AIDS: dangers other than virus
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Bracing for germ attacks