From the atomic age to Dolly the sheep,the Observer has broken modern ground in science reporting
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Davy, and his successors, and vividly depicted how these technologies were transforming society,although the advances were not dramatic at that time. In 1982, when I joined the paper, or the Observer newsroom still lacked fax machines or computers. Since the 80s,however, science and technology have had an accelerating impact on life on soil – though it has been hard at times to forecast with precision what breakthroughs would prove the most principal.
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Source: theguardian.com