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Historic California wildfires likely to be fuelled by climate change

For the fourth year in a row, California is experiencing major wildfires – probably because climate change has left the region unusually hot and dry, say researchers

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Coronavirus second waves emerge in several US states as they reopen

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Coronavirus second waves emerge in several US states as they reopen

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Think of the science of fatbergs next time you flush toilet paper

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Think of the science of fatbergs next time you flush toilet paper

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New York City’s coronavirus outbreak is already overwhelming hospitals

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New York City’s coronavirus outbreak is already overwhelming hospitals

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Coronavirus may have been circulating undetected in the US for 6 weeks

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Coronavirus may have been circulating undetected in the US for 6 weeks

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Problems in social science are being used to discredit climate science

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Problems in social science are being used to discredit climate science

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Wild horses in the US are being shot with contraceptive darts

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Wild horses in the US are being shot with contraceptive darts

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires caused pollution spikes in New York City

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Exclusive: UK considering ambitious new climate plan soon after Brexit

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Chelsea Lydell holds her son, Joseph, 4, as she joins hundreds of others waiting to get into a legislative committee to oppose a proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, by state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a pediatrician, said his legislation would give state health officials the tools they need to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles

Health

California's strict vaccination laws may only have a small effect

In the wake of measles outbreaks, California enacted stricter laws governing vaccine exemptions – but loopholes mean many children still go without vaccinations

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Environment

UK government rings death knell for the fracking industry

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Humans

Graphene inventor Andre Geim: No-deal Brexit would destroy UK science

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There have been more than 1000 cases of measles in the US this year

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Space

Hawaii declares state of emergency amid protests over huge telescope

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