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Spraying fertiliser on wheat

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO₂, mainly from fertiliser

Fertiliser use accounts for 40 per cent of greenhouse gases emitted to make bread, and bread production accounts for half a per cent of all UK emissions

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A cigarette

Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Technology

Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Culture

Coal getting passed arounf the Australian parliament

Earth

There's no such thing as 'clean coal' – it’s dirty and expensive

Analysis

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

Earth

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

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HIV

Life

HIV vaccine therapy lets five people control virus without drugs

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Woman running

Health

Exercise reduces death from breast cancer relapse by 40 per cent

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whale skin

Life

Sperm whale's skin comes off during mass 'scratchathon'

Regulars

Woman is having her stomach scanned via ultrasound

Health

Timing when you get pregnant could prevent a miscarriage

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A man looking exhausted

Life

Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

CFS, also known as ME, may be caused by the body switching from fully breaking down carbohydrates to using other energy sources, bringing on pain and exhaustion

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Technology

Science Museum’s Robots: Who is really pulling the strings?

Culture

Life

400 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand’s ‘whale trap’ beach

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Life

Monkeys and dogs judge humans by how they treat others

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Life

Synchronised swimming seems to make dolphins more optimistic

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