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Another fake conference?
Phony academic conferences appear to be the new Nigerian princes of the internet
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No GM on menu at food summit
Some food and policy experts are lamenting the meeting's failure to bring up biotechnology as a way to ease starvation
By Katherine Bagley
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A theory blossoms
Researchers unfold a key step in the process that tells plants to flower, findings that could one day benefit agriculture
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Darwin's minstrel
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boom boosts science theatre
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HIV antibody duds explained
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Another fake conference?
Bob Grant[24th November 2009]
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Darwin's minstrel
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