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Clinton waves in front of a stage curtain while Sanders emerges from the wings behind her

Earth

Sanders turns the heat up to make Clinton a real climate champ

The Democrats' platform will be tougher on climate change than Hillary Clinton might like, a welcome outcome of Bernie Sanders' popularity, says Matthew Nisbet

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Astronauts on the International Space Station with many flags on panel behind them

Space

No more space race rhetoric: it's not just about the US any more

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A woman sits in the driver's seat of her Tesla car, driving down a road without her hands on the steering wheel

Technology

AI needs oversight – time to set standards for autonomous tech

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Health

Let's ditch the idea that only home-cooked food is good for kids

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Humans decimating the diversity of life should worry us all

Earth

Humans decimating the diversity of life should worry us all

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People at graduation ceremony fling their mortar boards in the air

Humans

Are humans still evolving? Growing evidence suggests we are

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Donald Trump at a rally

Humans

Donald Trump is bending reality to get into the American psyche

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A rational nation ruled by science would be a terrible idea

Humans

A rational nation ruled by science would be a terrible idea

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Put the butter knife down and step away from the 'sat fat'

Health

Put the butter knife down and step away from the 'sat fat'

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Promobot robot stands in the middle of a road

Technology

Googly-eyed robots rule: Why it's vital to make us like them

Engineers are right to design robots that create an emotional response in humans as these machines become part of everyday life, says Jamais Cascio

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Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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Humans

Angry scientists must fight to pick up the pieces after Brexit

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Technology

Save the driver or pedestrian? Such robot car dilemmas are folly

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Life

Stop vets offering homeopathy – placebo doesn’t work for pets

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