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A field of manganese nodules in deep-sea waters near Hawaii.

Environment

Race to start commercial deep-sea mining puts ecosystems at risk

Governments are meeting in Jamaica this week to decide how rules for commercial mining of metals on the ocean floor will be thrashed out, but there are big sticking points

Analysis

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Technology

Australia’s planned anti-trolling law may silence political critics

Analysis

Omicron may spread much more easily at social functions than other variants

Health

Omicron variant may make Christmas party infection risk much higher

Analysis

A health worker holds a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

Health

Can omicron-specific vaccines arrive fast enough to make a difference?

Analysis

A man looking at the website logo for energy company Bulb on his phone in front of his gas cooker

Environment

Why green energy firm Bulb's collapse is not a big blow for renewables

Analysis

Anti-satellite weapons: Will further tests make space more dangerous?

Space

Anti-satellite weapons: Will further tests make space more dangerous?

Analysis

An attendee during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the worlds most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

What difference will the COP26 climate summit make?

Analysis

CN668E White-tailed Deer Buck in Cades Cove in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee

Health

How worried should we be about covid-19 spreading among wild animals?

Analysis

A psilocybin therapy trial therapy room.

Health

Psilocybin therapy steps closer to credibility with largest trial yet

Analysis

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 05: US special envoy for climate, John Kerry speaks about finance commitments to the global crisis, during a press conference on day six of the Cop 26 Summit at the SEC on November 4, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Today COP26 will focus on elevating the voice of young people and demonstrating the critical role of public empowerment and education in climate action. The 2021 climate summit in Glasgow is the 26th

Environment

COP26: Climate summit mood is positive as first week draws to a close

A blitz of announcements during the first week of the COP26 climate summit has been positively received, but the real hard work happens next week as almost 200 governments must agree a final deal

Analysis

Technology

Why is Facebook ditching face recognition and will it delete my data?

Analysis

Environment

Has COP26 put the world on track for holding global warming to 1.5°C?

Analysis

Environment

COP26: Why India's 2070 net-zero pledge is better news than it sounds

Analysis

Space

Can Blue Origin help replace the International Space Station?

Analysis

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