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Coal fired power station silhouette at sunset, Pocerady, Czech republic

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Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

Electricity generation from coal power stations across Europe fell by nearly a fifth in the first half of 2019, driven by high carbon prices and low gas prices

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The UK is now using AI to predict solar power and lower energy bills

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The UK is spending billions on overseas fossil fuel projects

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AI passes theory of mind test by imagining itself in another's shoes

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Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

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Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

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Summer of science: 10 great books and podcasts for the holidays

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Orangutan mothers tell infants where to go by scratching themselves

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Wind turbines in the north sea

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The plan to build mega wind farms and artificial islands in North Sea

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Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

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Trees demand equal status in a new Paris gallery show

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From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

Health

From the archives: Kuru, the disease that foreshadowed BSE

BSE or mad cow disease ravaged UK cattle in the 1980s. Sixty years ago, the little-known Kuru disease gave early warning of its still-unclear human effects

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The invention of the nuclear bomb

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UK’s National Trust to sell off fossil fuel investments worth £45m

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A solar panel that unfolds in sunlight could power spacecraft

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