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Environment

Global carbon emissions from energy hit a record high in 2018

Renewable energy use is rising but 2018 still saw a record increase in global carbon emissions from energy use – the equivalent of doubling emissions from all air travel in a single year

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Technology

The compelling tale of how climate change denial came to grip the US

Culture

Venezuela

Technology

Venezuela has suffered power blackouts for days

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Life

Unique chimpanzee cultures are disappearing thanks to humans

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Several types of blood test can detect HIV

Health

A third person may have become HIV-free after a bone marrow transplant

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The HIV virus infects immune cells

Health

Landmark HIV case may be the second person ever to be ‘cured’

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Health

Engineered yeast can brew up the active ingredients in cannabis plants

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Life

Don't miss: Making science happen, a mega-collider and a hypnotic game

Culture

Don't panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos

Earth

Don't panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos

Culture

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Environment

18 up-and-running projects that could save us from climate change

Slashing greenhouse-gas emissions doesn’t have to be hard, and can even be an economic win – as these big low-carbon success stories from around the world show

Features

Health

CRISPR could help us protect ourselves from viruses like flu and HIV

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Health

Trump wants to end HIV infections by 2030 - here's how to do it

Analysis

Health

People are seeking sperm donors online, but are the risks worth it?

Insight

Health

Women could use their own uteruses as incubators for IVF embryos

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