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Vocal protests have plagued Dakota oil pipeline construction

Earth

North Dakota oil pipeline may still be built despite army block

Indigenous people and environmentalists have won the latest battle in a long stand-off with companies over an oil pipeline going under a lake and through sacred sites

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Whale breaching

Life

Whales talk to each other by slapping out messages on water

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figure in road

Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

Culture

Buckland with big fish

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Culture

Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

Life

Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

News

Man in crowd holding figure 14

Humans

Language trends run in mysterious 14-year cycles

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Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

Life

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

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Coal-fired power plant

Earth

Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy

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harbour porpoises swim underwater

Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

News

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s <i>The Tempest</i> a messy triumph

Technology

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph

A new version of the play in Stratford, UK, uses motion capture to project an animated Ariel onto the stage. It looks fabulous – but is not quite perfect

Culture

Life

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Culture

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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Technology

Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

News

Health

Old Scientist: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

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