Science In Action - A Refit for the Hubble Space Telescope

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Science In Action

A Refit for the Hubble Space TelescopeA Refit for the Hubble Space Telescope

Released On: 07 Feb 1997

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Astronauts will install new instruments to enable Hubble to see more and deeper into space

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Do tree lizards show evolution in action?
The leg-length of lizards marooned on islands could hold a key to evolutionary processes
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Peer Review System shows Sexism, says Swedish Report
Claims that peer review system treats women scientists unfairly finds echoes in UK and USA
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Alzheimer's Researchers find a new Way to study the Brain
Mice with an added human gene enable researchers to study amyloid protein in the brain
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Are Women's superior social Skills in their Genes?
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Rats' extreme withdrawal symptoms from cannabis provide new insights into the drug
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Think carefully before you computerise and avoid the sins of pride and credulity
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The Sound of Quantum Mechanics
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Fossil Evidence of Cannibalism
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