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Eve Bazaiba Masudi, Vice-Prime Minister and Environment Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil Foreign Minister Leonardo Cleaver de Athayde, left, and Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak of Indonesia raises their arms following a discussion at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal

Environment

COP15: Treaty may unravel over last-minute disputes and vague targets

A landmark biodiversity agreement was hammered out at the COP15 biodiversity summit over objections from some countries, but it may not live up to lofty expectations

Analysis

A transmission electron micrograph of Streptococcus pyogenes

Health

Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t there a vaccine?

Analysis

Dried psilocybin mushrooms on a in purple tinted very peri, variety psilocybe cubensis rasta white. Microdosing, psychedelic trip, recreation and change of consciousness

Health

We’re rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say

Analysis

The ROBO-01, an autonomous concept car from Chinese firm Jidu

Technology

Why you may never be able to buy your own self-driving car

Analysis

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JEROME FAVRE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13641875g) Mainland Chinese students hold sheets of blank paper during a vigil for the victims of China's zero-COVID policy and the victims of the Urumqi fire at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China, 29 November 2022. Protests against China's strict COVID-19 restrictions have erupted in various cities including Beijing and Shanghai, triggered by a tower fire that killed 10 people in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi. University students hold a vigil for the victims of China's zero-COVID policy, Hong Kong - 29 Nov 2022

Health

China's failure to vaccinate makes giving up on zero covid a huge risk

Analysis

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plan

Technology

Ukraine's nuclear plants face uncertain future after Russian attacks

Analysis

Climate protestors

Environment

What are climate summits actually for, and how can we make them work?

Analysis

People walking through floodwater

Environment

What is 'loss and damage' and how is it informed by climate science?

Analysis

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: A couple arrives to vote the Anthem Center in Henderson, Nev., during early voting in Nevada on Monday, October 24, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Society

What US midterm elections mean for climate policy and public health

Analysis

Sizewell C site CGI

Environment

Does the UK need new nuclear plants like Sizewell C to reach net zero?

With the cost of renewables and batteries plummeting, some academics argue that the UK doesn't need to build new nuclear power stations to achieve its net zero goal

Analysis

Technology

Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar planes

Analysis

Technology

Will Ukraine deploy lethal autonomous drones against Russia?

Analysis

Environment

Can geothermal energy supply all of the UK's heating?

Analysis

Technology

What's next if SpaceX won't fund Starlink in Ukraine?

Analysis