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Alastair Hay reports on recent developments in Séveso and a possible link connecting dioxin with birth defects.

Colin Norman reports from Washington on President Carter's proposed budget changes

The debate prompted by genetic manipulation developments is intensifying in Europe. Chris Sherwell reports

Colin Norman reports from Washington on latest developments concerning recombinant DNA research

Britain moved another step in its efforts to implement a broad national energy policy with the announcement last week of a programme supporting the exploitation of solar power. Chris Sherwell reports

Unusual weather encourages discussion of weather modification. Colin Norman reports on the debate in the western United States

Bruce Handler reports from Rio de Janeiro on recent developments involving the controversial German–Brazilian nuclear deal

Vera Rich considers the position of scientists in the Slovak Republic

A Special Correspondent discusses the climate in which science operates in Czechoslovakia

Frank Barnaby, head of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), outlines the course being followed by military technology and offers his view on the role of peace research

No development connected with the Windscale plant operated by British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) now escapes national headlines. Chris Sherwell outlines some of the latest problems

Canadians are now discussing guidelines for recombinant DNA experiments. David Spurgeon reports

Chris Sherwell looks at the immediate prospects for European energy policy with Britain in the Council chair