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United Sates Congress

Humans

Hey America, you can finally choose to elect people who rely on facts

As the battle for power in the US Congress heats up it offers the best chance yet to address the lack of politicians with science backgrounds, says Shaughnessy Naughton

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Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age

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The vapour from vaping emerges onto a street

Health

Here's why the ban on vaping on trains and buses should stay for now

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Grizzly bear family

Humans

Call off the grizzly bear trophy hunt, it's immoral and unscientific

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Lots of babies on a bed

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Including population control in climate policy risks human tragedy

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video gamers cartoon

Technology

It's time to embrace video games as an Olympic sport

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The Next Einstein Forum has launched Scientific African, an open access multi-disciplinary journal

Humans

New mega-journal will raise the profile of African science

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Life

Gluten-free dogs? Pets deserve better than this evidence-free fad

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Earth

Earth Overshoot Day – what to make of this moment of reckoning?

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Where does space begin? Here's why it's closer than you think

Space

Where does space begin? Here's why it's closer than you think

The jump from Earth to space is often thought to happen 100 kilometres up, but it's time to think again and bring the boundary closer to home, says Jonathan McDowell

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Life

Has the chicken and egg puzzle over religion's decline been settled?

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Environment

Can you get meat without dead animals? Why farmers are wrong to say no

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Technology

Deepfakes won't wreck politics this year even if politicians might

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Technology

Elon Musk’s submarine plan to rescue Thai cave boys deserves respect

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