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Craig Venter obituary

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Craig Venter obituary

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Robin McKie Thu, May 14, 2026 at 4:33 p.m. UTC 7 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venter on board his research vessel, the Sorcerer II, in Sydney, Australia, 2004.
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Lord Hunt of Chesterton obituary

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On 1 November 1965, three giant cooling towers at Ferrybridge power station in West Yorkshire collapsed during a gale. No one was killed but the incident triggered widespread alarm. The towers had been built to withstand far greater wind forces but had nevertheless disintegrated. Why had this occurred and what other buildings were at risk across the UK? To find the answer, the Central Electricity Generating Board asked Julian Hunt, a young British engineer on its research staff, to investigate.
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