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This year's most essential science books
Experts help compile a list of science reading from texts published throughout 1995
Sir John Maddox
A report on the influence of Sir John Maddox, editor of the scientific journal Nature
Sprites in the sky
A report on the electrical phenomena known as sprites that appear during thunderstorms
Meteorites and the origin of life
Could meteorites explain the origin of life?
Space and the search for infrared
The launch of a European rocket from French Guiana
Scientists at MIT
Reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts and talking to scientists who work there
Hope for an Aids vaccine
Report on a promising new clue towards a vaccine and even a treatment for Aids
100 Years of X-Rays
Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen
The link between red hair and skin cancer
The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer
The abalone and family planning
How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception
