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The European Communities seem at a loss to know how to respond to new membership applications. Some (like that of Sweden) seem too much of the same, others (mostly from Eastern Europe) raise economic problems Europe is unwilling to face.
Global warming caused by burning fossil fuels could be reduced by the use of biomass for energy. This strategy could be more effective than sequestering carbon by growing more trees.
A suggestion, based on measurements of post-mortem brains, that structures in the hypothalamus correlate with sexual behaviour, should be taken seriously. But the meaning is not yet clear.
