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World Service,04 Jun 1997,13 mins

Sylvia the Arctic Tern

On Your Behalf

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Presenter Malcolm Billings finds the answers to: What happened to Sylvia the arctic tern? Can genetic coding cure short-sightedness? Why is Bush House called Bush House? Do boomerangs really come back?

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