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Smart solar windows could power your home and also keep it cool

Technology

Smart solar windows could power your home and also keep it cool

This see-through film generates electricity from sunlight and acts as a heat insulator, paving the way for windows that both harvest and save energy

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Technology

Will we ever go on holiday in an electric-powered plane?

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EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

Earth

EU will limit the use of palm oil as car fuel but won’t stop it

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Artist's impression of the Swansea tidal power project, showing a walkway around the periphery

Earth

Why tidal power won't solve the world's renewable energy needs

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Solar & Wind Farm

Earth

A renewables revolution is afoot – but who will benefit?

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renewable energy

Earth

Finally we can power the planet on renewables alone – here's how

Features

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

Earth

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

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Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

Earth

Worst-case climate change scenario is even worse than we thought

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We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

Earth

We messed up our figures on how much carbon dioxide is too much

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Space

Mystery of the cosmic dawn: What’s eating the first starlight?

A shoestring experiment in the Australian outback has seen the signal of the very first stars – and a weird effect astronomers are struggling to explain

Features

Earth

Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought

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Earth

The real palm oil problem: it's not just in your food

Insight

Earth

A mix-up means US air pollution is way worse than thought

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Earth

Humans may be to blame for a big earthquake in South Korea

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