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Art in oils: Photos show grandeur of our petroleum age

Life

Art in oils: Photos show grandeur of our petroleum age

For more than 10 years photographer Edward Burtynsky has taken images of all aspects of the oil industry. See our favourites here

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Plutonium signature captured after 50 years of trying

Technology

Plutonium signature captured after 50 years of trying

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Earth

Americans would pay more for green energy

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Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling?

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Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling?

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Fracking drives pronghorn herds out of Wyoming habitat

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Fracking drives pronghorn herds out of Wyoming habitat

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Solar power hits a tortoise roadblock

Earth

Solar power hits a tortoise roadblock

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Japan's last operational nuclear reactor to go offline

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Japan's last operational nuclear reactor to go offline

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US to export gas as glut slashes prices

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US to export gas as glut slashes prices

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New leaf: The promise of artificial photosynthesis

Technology

New leaf: The promise of artificial photosynthesis

Features

How to build an artificial star on Earth

Technology

How to build an artificial star on Earth

The vast undertaking that is ITER – a reactor that promises to set humanity on a path toward limitless energy through nuclear fusion – is finally taking shape

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Earth

Abandoning nuclear energy may not boost renewables

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Earth

Modified bacteria could get electricity from sewage

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Earth

Fracking could foil carbon capture plans

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Health

Don't compare Fukushima to Chernobyl

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