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Environment

Billionaires must not be allowed to geoengineer the planet

There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen

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Mind

How to nurture infant microbiomes for a lifetime of good mental health

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Environment

Are biofuels a good idea? Only if you’re a farmer or shipping company

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Technology

Digital ID cards could be a disaster in the UK and beyond

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MARSEILLE, FRANCE - 2021/07/10: Protesters set a sphere representing Earth on fire during the demonstration. Members of the Extinction Rebellion group, supported by a few Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes in french), gathered in the Vieux-Port of Marseille to raise awareness on the dangers threatening the planet Earth. (Photo by Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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We’ve hit a climate tipping point, but leaders seem unlikely to act

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Society

There is a major psychological flaw in how society punishes people

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Humans

Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?

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Technology

What makes a quantum computer good?

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Health

Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

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Environment

How pie-in-the-sky conspiracies distract from climate dangers

The conspiracy theory that bad actors use "chemtrails" from aircraft to poison us sucks energy from legitimate protest against aviation's effects on the climate, says Graham Lawton

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Commercial health tests promise peace of mind, but do they deliver?

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Space

Is the universe really one big black hole?

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Why abandoning psychedelic research in the 1970s was a blow to science

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Space

Why ‘beauty factories’ could solve two massive cosmological mysteries

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