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oil and gas

Even greener alternative: Energy from algae

Earth

Even greener alternative: Energy from algae

Oil is running out, but biofuels guru Jonathan Trent says algae is an alternative that can produce oil while cleaning wastewater – and feeding us too

Opinion

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Science's greatest critic is no mood to recant

CultureLab

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The science behind our weirdest behaviours

CultureLab

Record haul of uranium harvested from seawater

Earth

Record haul of uranium harvested from seawater

News

Lowest US carbon emissions won't slow climate change

Earth

Lowest US carbon emissions won't slow climate change

News

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Humans

The purpose and problems of pain

CultureLab

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Technology

Marie Curie, the family woman

CultureLab

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We are already superhuman

CultureLab

We're still on the slippery slope to peak oil

Earth

We're still on the slippery slope to peak oil

Comment

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Environment

Why we need to leave wiggle room for the planet

In The Human Quest scientist Johan Rockstrom and photographer Mattias Klum make a compelling case for why we need to stay within environmental boundaries

CultureLab

Health

Vaccine protects monkeys from lethal 'Contagion' virus

News

Stephen Hawking: man, icon and myth

CultureLab

Technology

Software reveals the most influential Victorian novelists

News

Cyborg makes art using seventh sense

CultureLab

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