Technology
Europe’s new data laws are a way to push back on Silicon Valley
The General Data Protection Regulation might not prove highly effective, but at least it tries to rein in the tech giants and put privacy above profit
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Humans
World’s most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran
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Earth
Harsh: Europe’s cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived
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Earth
Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere
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Space
The UK’s plan to build a rival GPS is a bonkers Brexit scheme
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Environment
To save the insect world we must go way beyond neonicotinoid ban
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Earth
The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides
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Earth
Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation
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Earth
Polar melt may shut down the Atlantic current that warms Europe
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Environment
How to keep foreign pests away from the UK’s natural treasures
Brexit has got the UK rethinking its border controls. Improved biosecurity to protect cherished flora should be part of that
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Health
Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all
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Earth
Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought
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Life
The first ancestors of giant pandas probably lived in Europe
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Earth
Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014
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