The spy and the traitor History of science Examining our microbiome

Examining our microbiome

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Amongst them was an entry from the young Joseph Paxton

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The spy and the traitor History of science Examining our microbiomeOn a warm July evening in 1985, a middle aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. The man was a spy. A senior KGB officer, for more than a decade he had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets from