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  1. Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Radar Map Matching

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    181
    NoS ID
    325769
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: In science, as in every-day life, things aren’t always quite what they seem... Viewed from the air, even the most obvious landmarks can seem deceptively different. A new type of map for...

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  2. London Calling

    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    587
    NoS ID
    326877
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The BBC’s External Services broadcast to 70 million listeners all over the world, are on the air for 24 hours a day, and put out programmes in 39 languages. London Line looks at a typical...

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  3. Water Resources

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329556
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Water is vital to our food and to us, yet even in countries with heavy rainfall we are close to using more than Nature can supply. In North Wales they’re using computer control and rain...

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  4. The Post Office Underground Railway

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    18
    NoS ID
    350148
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Three billion travellers a year use London’s complex underground railway system - but how many of them know about a miniature train that carries its unseen cargo under the metropolis day by...

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  5. Ingenuity: One Time Weeding

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    170
    NoS ID
    325721
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Solutions to some everyday problems that didn’t need high technology to be resolved, but just a bit of ingenuity. Pull up one weed and you leave enough seeds still hidden in the soil to...

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  6. Non-Violent Agriculture: Solid Straw

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    165
    NoS ID
    325699
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: A few unusual approaches to stepping up efficiency in agriculture. Every year, the equivalent of millions of tons of fuel is burned off to rid the fields of straw. And the major reason is that...

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  7. Earth Resources Rocket

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    325505
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Britain’s ‘Blue Streak’ rocket has been adapted for high altitude photographic survey work. It’s a unique system that can reach nearly the altitude and coverage of a satellite, yet...

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  8. The Elegant Solution: Umbrellas Away

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    145
    NoS ID
    325604
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Certain scientific developments have an immediate appeal - an appeal based on their inherent elegance. This issue looks at four ideas in science which, echoing the elegance that dominates the...

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  9. The Elegant Solution: Tri-Strut

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    145
    NoS ID
    325603
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Certain scientific developments have an immediate appeal - an appeal based on their inherent elegance. This issue looks at four ideas in science which, echoing the elegance that dominates the...

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  10. Women In Science: Professor Dorothy Hodgkin

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    172
    NoS ID
    325727
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Half the world’s population are women, yet they make up only five percent of its scientists. Living Tomorrow looks at the work of four women who, despite the difficulties, have succeeded in...

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