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True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

The deep-water whale spends most of its life on hour-long dives kilometres below the ocean surface. The new footage is a step towards understanding them better

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Maize in the sun

Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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Power station chimney

Earth

UK’s CO₂ emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Earth

Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

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Artificial mouse embryo

Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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volcano picture

Earth

Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

Culture

phones

Technology

Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out

Culture

Spraying fertiliser on wheat

Earth

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

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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

Hippie modernism sounds like a contradiction in terms, but a new exhibition shows some bold attempts to reimagine society in the 1960s and 70s

Culture

Earth

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

Analysis

Earth

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

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Life

HIV vaccine therapy lets five people control virus without drugs

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Health

Exercise reduces death from breast cancer relapse by 40 per cent

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