One fascinating recent development in the realm of experimental science is the work of Ross King, a biologist and computer scientist at Aberystwyth University in Wales.

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Another concerned scholar is Ross King.

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Four years ago, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland commissioned Dr Alastair Ross, a specialist in risk management at King's Health Partners' Simulation and Interactive Learning Centre, to look at the picture across Scotland.

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Ross, in an interview with Platts over the weekend, recounted a conversation he had with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a few years back in which he was discussing the potential fallout from Iran gaining nuclear weapons.

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