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rubbish mountain

Life

China's plan to stop recycling the world's rubbish may backfire

China is giving Western nations a headache with a ban on imports of "foreign garbage" to recycle, but the move is also creating a Chinese cardboard shortage

Analysis

Black hole

Space

Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes

News

Starry Night painting

Technology

New blues: The quest to make the world’s rarest colour

Features

quantum computing

Technology

2018 preview: Quantum computers to overtake ordinary machines

News

Michel Chasles

Physics

Missives impossible: How gravity fell victim to fake news

Features

Nocturnal sun artwork

Earth

Bright skies at night: The riddle of the nocturnal sun

Features

holly wreath

Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

Features

calendar artwork

Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

Features

ski tips

Earth

’Sno substitute: The ecological cost of fake flakes on the piste

Features

fight painting

Life

Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

France’s vineyards were ravaged by a mystery invader in the 19th century – leading to enforced sobriety and some unforeseen consequences for society

Features

Humans

How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

Features

Earth

England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

Features

Life

Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

Features

Humans

We are not amused: Victorian experiments not to try at home

Features