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Earth

UK's plastic bag ban is a pitiful attempt at a greener future

Talk of cutting plastic pollution has grabbed the headlines, but the UK’s long-awaited 25-year plan for the environment consists almost entirely of vague aspirations and vacuous promises

Analysis

Spouts carry meltwater from the surface of the Austfonna Ice Cap

Earth

If the sea floor is sinking, are we safe from sea level rise?

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A teen sat on a wall outside typing on a cellphone

Technology

We should teach kids how to use social media, not scare them off

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rubbish mountain

Life

China's plan to stop recycling the world's rubbish may backfire

Analysis

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Health

How Trump’s ‘ban’ on science words could harm public health

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Woman at slot machines

Technology

Children are becoming problem gamblers due to a legal loophole

Analysis

road sign with reindeer with a red nose

Health

Joke Christmas medical journal papers make unfunny bad science

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Homeopathic drugs

Health

Why it's good that NHS England is cutting back on prescriptions

Analysis

Solitary tomato in fridge

Earth

Tasty tomatoes could be sacrificed in drive to cut food waste

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Ellen MacArthur and Stella McCartney at the report's launch

Earth

The fashion industry can only go green by becoming unfashionable

Fashion is facing up to how wasteful it is, but its impact on the environment goes far beyond fast fashion and ever-changing trends

Analysis

Technology

Did Pokémon Go really kill 250 people in traffic accidents?

Analysis

Life

No, the UK didn't vote that animals can't feel pain or emotion

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Health

Gene drives can beat pests, but we can’t afford any mistakes

Analysis

Earth

If we only ate organic it would be an environmental disaster

Analysis