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Trade in nuclear technology is increasing. John Stares considers whether the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, six years old last week, can still effectively control the spread of nuclear weapons.
A joint move backing planned European involvement with a major NASA space science project of the 1980s has come from the European Science Foundation and the US National Academy of Sciences. Allan Piper reports
