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  7. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a Booker prize-winning novel set in the 1950s: " It seems increasingly likely that I really will...

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  8. How to genetically engineer humanity

    Nuclear transfer After Dolly came Polly. Although she is less famous than her cloned cousin, the techniques used to produce Polly the sheep may be more relevant to germline genetic engineering of...

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  9. Higher channels

    John Davies looks for useful TV and radio programmes. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Since it started last autumn, the Open University's Science Night (Thursdays/Fridays BBC2) has...

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  10. A germ of an idea leads to GM people

    Scientists are starting to contemplate the unthinkable: geneticengineering that would change the course of human evolution. Ayala Ochert reports Genetically modified foods may be the big issue in...

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  11. The colours of advancement

    A landmark trial has thrust race equality onto the education agenda. Helen Hague reports Asif Qureshi, who won a record payout for racial discrimination from Manchester University two years ago, has...

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  12. Dressed to impress

    Shapeless, ugly, scruffy ... formal academic gowns may be OK for men, but high-flying women are designing their own. Elaine Williams reports Vice-chancellors have rarely given a second thought to the...

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  13. Burial rites and civil wrongs

    Should Kennewick Man's 9,000-year-old remains go to American Indians for burial or to scientists for research? Tim Cornwell reports on a row dividing academics Three years after his bones were...

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  14. The Gospel according to science

    Science offers a framework for understanding human behaviour and a basis for moral choice. This, Paul Davies says, could point the way to a new ethics In a few days, General Augusto Pinochet will...

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  15. Star turn

    Computer science boring? Lectures ineffective? Not at Kent University. Jennifer Currie meets the Jerry Springer of the lecture hall. Give Sally Fincher a microphone, and she could give Jerry Springer...