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cyborg leaf

Life

Make like a leaf: How copying photosynthesis can change society

Fusing living cells with our best light-harvesting technology could lead to cyborg factories for clean energy and new compounds. And not just on Earth

Features

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

News

Wind energy is one of the winners

Earth

Record amounts of renewable energy added to the mix in 2016

News

Electricity grid control room

Technology

US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report

News

Renewables are picking up

Earth

CO₂ emissions from energy remain flat for third year running

News

The Andromeda galaxy

Space

Dark matter took its time to wrap around early galaxies

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gravity artwork

Physics

Keep an open mind on dark matter and rivals that do away with it

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McGaugh

Physics

How dark matter lost its shine for me

Features

Gravity artwork

Physics

Rules of attraction: Why it's time to rethink how gravity works

Features

A poster with Donals Trump as a child in Vladimir Putin's arms with the text

Earth

Scott Pruitt's climate denial may be Putin's real prize

Did Russia back the rise of Donald Trump to see climate sceptics in power in the hope of saving its economic skin, wonders Owen Gaffney

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Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

News

Earth

UK’s CO₂ emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

News

Earth

Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

News

Technology

How to dust a telescope’s 78-square-metre mirror with CO₂

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