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BOND VILLAINS ARE SAVING THE WORLD!

With ‘Bond 25’ hitting the cinemas, we look back at the

technologies harnessed by Bond’s former adversaries,

and discover that similar ideas are now helping to combat

cancer, climate change and other evils of the real world.

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WATER: THE BIG SQUEEZE

‘The Big Dry’ has seen Australian towns approaching

Day Zero, where official water supplies run out entirely.

Water access is a global problem, but science is seeking

ways to provide fresh sources – including purified sewage.

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SCIENTISTS WANT TO

CHAT WITH ALIENS

We’re sending messages to planets which

might harbour life, using new techniques and

new methods of encoding language. But

should we be telling them all where we are?

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