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from Sunday Herald, 21 November 2004
The National Trust for Scotland has joined the growing chorus of protest against plans to erect giant pylons across the Highlands to bring renewable electricity from the Western Isles.
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from Sunday Herald, 21 November 2004
NEW warnings that a tiny amount of pollution can alter the gender of sheep have sparked fears that it could also affect human health.
Continue reading "Alert as gender bending sewage alters lambs’ sex" »
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talk to Royal Society, Edinburgh, 09 November 2004
My business is words, so I want to start - and end - my short contribution to this evening's discussion by talking about words. Some of you may know this passage from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible:
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
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