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A scientific panel of the US National Research Council has shown that too little of what passes for environmental clean-up meets the test of scientific rigor, while a US court overturns a ban on asbestos.
Those who ask why mirrors "Invert right and left", but not "top" and "bottom", must not look for help in physics textbooks, but in dictionaries that define the use of words and in an understanding of reality.
In a time of recession, pharmaceutical companies remain committed to research and development. But the commercial pressures they face mean recruits fresh from their PhDs may be in for a culture shock.
