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A power station in North Yorkshire, UK

Environment

Inside big tech's $925 million plan to speed up carbon removal

Alphabet, Meta and others have teamed up to turbocharge the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. Nan Ransohoff, who heads the project, tells Â鶹´«Ã½ why they're betting on new technologies – and trying to avoid the pitfalls of carbon offsetting

Analysis

British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

Video

British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

Video

Can a phone app really be your therapist?

Technology

Can a phone app really be your therapist?

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Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense

Technology

Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense

Features

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Meissner/AP/Shutterstock (12872560a) Wind turbines produce power during sundown in Emlichheim, Germany, . The head of the International Renewable Energy Agency says

Humans

Europe must tackle its energy crisis now or face a very painful winter

Leader

Watch a foot-tickling machine discover the most ticklish spot on feet

Technology

Watch a foot-tickling machine discover the most ticklish spot on feet

News

Artificial touch: The new tech making virtual reality more immersive

Technology

Artificial touch: The new tech making virtual reality more immersive

Features

A coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on bladder cells in a urine sample from a patient with a urinary tract infection

Health

Recurring UTIs may be prevented with an antiseptic drug

News

Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

Chemistry

Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

Features

How to make sustainable batteries that won't wreck the planet

Technology

How to make sustainable batteries that won't wreck the planet

The batteries we need to power the transition to 100-per-cent renewable electricity require rare metals, and that means destructive mining – but researchers are working on alternatives

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Technology

New ways to suck up methane can buy us vital time in the climate fight

Features

Technology

Artificial leaves: Bionic photosynthesis as good as the real thing

Features

Technology

Automated chemistry: The machines that can discover new drugs

Features

Technology

The race is on to tackle climate change by pulling carbon from the air

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