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World Service,01 Aug 2003,22 mins

Is the Ozone Layer on the mend?

Science In Action

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First satellite evidence of the ozone layer in the upper stratosphere might be beginning to heal. Understanding the hormones that control the onset of labour could help reduce deaths of premature babies. The mutation causing Apert syndrome is 500 times more common than other mutations in the human genome. The bright blue beetle and other coloured fossils.

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