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Next week's crucial meeting of the parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty cannot put off some consideration of what will happen to countries believed to have nuclear weapons up their sleeves.
Australia's international standing in astronomy is increasingly built around two telescopes on a spectacular escarpment on the edge of the Great Australian desert.
