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Dust from the Carmichael coal mine has spread widely

Earth

It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

Australia is pushing ahead with plans for a giant coal mine, despite the threat it poses to the imperilled reef and hints that the appetite for coal is waning

Analysis

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Space

New approach to dark energy might explain our cooling universe

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Life

Make like a leaf: How copying photosynthesis can change society

Features

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Wind energy is one of the winners

Earth

Record amounts of renewable energy added to the mix in 2016

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Electricity grid control room

Technology

US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report

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Renewables are picking up

Earth

CO₂ emissions from energy remain flat for third year running

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The Andromeda galaxy

Space

Dark matter took its time to wrap around early galaxies

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Physics

Keep an open mind on dark matter and rivals that do away with it

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McGaugh

Physics

How dark matter lost its shine for me

Once an advocate of dark matter, Stacy McGaugh would happily do away with it. But, he says, his friend Vera Rubin – the "queen of dark matter" – didn't hold it against him

Features

Physics

Rules of attraction: Why it's time to rethink how gravity works

Features

Earth

Scott Pruitt's climate denial may be Putin's real prize

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Life

Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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UK’s CO₂ emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

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