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Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

A special trick with lasers helped lower a nano-sized membrane to below the "quantum limit" – colder than was thought possible

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Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

Earth

Future air conditioning could work by beaming heat into space

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Space

Space is all the same temperature. Coincidence?

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Life

6000 people cram into one pool in China to beat the heat

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Map showing high temperatures

Earth

Scorchio! Earth's surface is the hottest it has been in history

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Earth

Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD

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Guinea pigs beat climate change by tweaking their own DNA

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Guinea pigs beat climate change by tweaking their own DNA

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One Per Cent

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Coral reefs in peril as 2016 shapes up to become hottest year

Earth

Coral reefs in peril as 2016 shapes up to become hottest year

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Massive El Niño sweeping globe is now the biggest ever recorded

Earth

Massive El Niño sweeping globe is now the biggest ever recorded

The current extreme El Niño, which many blame on climate change, is the strongest on record, smashing the previous record from 1997-8

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Those who slam the Paris climate talks are missing the point

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Earth

Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

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Earth

Global coral bleaching event: What you need to know

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