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Environment

Coronavirus crisis could cut UK summer electricity use by a fifth

Travel restrictions and work from home guidelines related to the coronavirus crisis are likely to cut the UK’s electricity needs dramatically this summer, potentially by as much as a fifth.

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Environment

Electric cars really are a greener option than fossil fuel vehicles

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Environment

Binge watching TV isn't as bad for the climate as some reports suggest

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Physics

The antimatter factory about to solve the universe's greatest mystery

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Technology

World’s stinkiest fruit could make super-fast electric chargers

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Technology

AI could help make fast-charging, long-lasting electric car batteries

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Technology

Can we quit cobalt batteries fast enough to make electric cars viable?

Analysis

Environment

Oil giant BP says it will cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050

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Environment

We need nuclear power to fight climate change, but is it doomed?

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Space

Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery

How can we get a picture of the whole Milky Way if we are inside it? Good sleuthing is needed to combine all the clues, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Getting Brexit done: Six huge science issues the UK must resolve

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Physics

What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

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Technology

A new battery could keep your phone charged for five days

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Technology

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

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