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Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

A promising oral vaccine could help protect Africa’s big apes from the deadly Ebola virus, but a ban on captive ape research means it may never see the light of day

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Green thinking in the era of Trump

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True's beaked whale

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

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Maize in the sun

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

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Power station chimney

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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

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

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volcano picture

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Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

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phones

Technology

Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out

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Spraying fertiliser on wheat

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

Fertiliser use accounts for 40 per cent of greenhouse gases emitted to make bread, and bread production accounts for half a per cent of all UK emissions

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Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

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

Analysis

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

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