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US President-elect Bill Clinton is putting pragmatism ahead of ideology in his first major appointments of people with some sympathy for a national science policy.
The world's chemical weapons are due to be destroyed within 10 years. How sensible is a radical proposal to destroy Russia's stockpiles by means of underground nuclear explosions?
There were high hopes that comet Swift–Tuttle might be on collision course with the Earth, but it now seems that enthusiasts for destruction will have to wait for another ill-omened body.
Pre-coated coverslips, cell separation flasks, an assay for in vitro toxicity testing, microtomes, assorted media and media supplements — new products in the cell and tissue culture line.
