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World Service,28 Oct 1999,24 mins

Saving Lives and Livelihoods in natural Disasters

Science In Action

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Review of work carried out in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Radio astronomers are learning more about the M87 galaxy. Ten per cent of humans are left-handed – and other primates exhibit "handedness", too. How left or right "handedness" in organic molecules affects their properties and affects how they are broken down by micro-organisms.

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