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Sunset / sunrise of Silhouette Shanghai skyline of Historical architecture and modern skyscraper on the bund of Shanghai city with Smog lies in misty fog, China

Environment

Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?

Unbearable heat in China’s megacities reveals the future many of us face, but also suggests ways we can adapt

Features

Common dolphins could be impacted by military sonar

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How military sonar impacts dolphin social dynamics

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Health

We're starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost

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PJKM6Y Weisweiler power plant in Eschweiler, RWE Power AG, brown coal power plant and wind power plants, alternative energy, fossil energy, renewable energy, smoke cloud, Eschweiler, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Environment

Why do we burn more coal and wood than ever, asks a provocative book

Culture

Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Humans

Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Features

Film still from Orca - Black and White Gold.

Life

Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade

Culture

Macrophotograph of a huge Eastern hornet (orientalis Vespa) against a blue sky on a Sunny summer day

Life

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

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A wild bottlenose dolphin having a health assessment

Life

Dolphins breathe in microplastics and it could be damaging their lungs

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Health

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

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Technology

‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench

An artificial intelligence model that can identify the calls of eight whale species is helping researchers track the elusive whale behind a perplexing sound in the Pacific

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Health

Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Life

If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

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Health

Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

Features

Health

A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved

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