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/ 26 March 2008

Scientists to test plan for ‘remote-control fish’

Call them Pavlov’s fish: scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time. If it works, the system could eventually allow black sea bass to be released into the open ocean, where they would grow to market size, then swim into an underwater cage to be harvested.

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/ 20 December 2007

Ministries clash on Russian bid to end gas flaring

A clash between ministries over how to stop Russia from flaring nearly -billion of gas each year is reinforcing doubts that the country can meet President Vladimir Putin’s goal to all but eliminate the waste by 2011. Some experts say Russia is also the leading flarer of gas, although by its own calculations it is only the second largest after Nigeria.

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