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Environment

How a billion dogs, including our pets, are laying waste to wildlife

There is growing evidence that feral dogs and their domestic cousins have a big ecological impact, from hunting and spooking wildlife to poisoning plants and spreading disease to endangered species

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Space

Controversial claim that the universe is skewed could upend cosmology

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Humans

Growing younger: Radical insights into ageing could help us reverse it

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Humans

What psychology is revealing about ‘ghosting’ and the pain it causes

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Environment

How four big industries are driving the exploitation of our oceans

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Environment

How the ‘blue acceleration’ is supercharging ocean exploitation

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Earth

30 by 30: The conservation breakthrough we need to save biodiversity

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Humans

How interior design choices can boost your mental and physical health

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Physics

Infinity has long baffled mathematicians – have we now figured it out?

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Technology

An extreme form of encryption could solve big data’s privacy problem

Fully homomorphic encryption allows us to run analysis on data without ever seeing the contents. It could help us reap the full benefits of big data, from fighting financial fraud to catching diseases early

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Humans

The replication crisis has spread through science – can it be fixed?

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Humans

How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

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Technology

Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense

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Health

How do we decide what counts as trauma – and have we got it all wrong?

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