25 NOVEMBER 1989, page 68

Scenes From Science

Greenness of Baikal THE editor of Nature has been writing about a scientific conference he went to on the shores of Lake Baikal — 'breath- taking in its audacity', he calls the......

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No. 1604: Mammon

Almost 800 competitions ago, this one was set by Robert Baird and reported on by Charles Seaton, both happily still around. Belloc wrote a sonnet beginning, 'Would that I had......

Competition

Cosmic grouse Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1601 you were asked to carry on for another 15 lines from this beginning: Of all the tricks the Lord has played On unsuspecting......