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Environment

How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

51¶¯Âþ was well ahead of the curve in 1979 when we warned that the 'so-called carbon dioxide greenhouse effect' threatened long-term climate change

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Health

How a Ugandan vet saved hundreds of gorillas by treating human disease

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Technology

Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

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The grid of space-time shows the universe and its galaxies

Space

Dark energy: Understanding the mystery force that rules the universe

Features

Melissa Uchida

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Why neutrinos could answer some of the biggest questions in the cosmos

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Chamkaur Ghag

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The hunt for dark matter: Solving the universe's big questions

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Don't miss: knotty sculptures, deadly diseases and molecular machines

Technology

Don't miss: knotty sculptures, deadly diseases and molecular machines

Culture

Shot of a young woman suffering from stomach cramps in her bedroom

Health

Some women feel fetal kicks years after they've given birth

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Wind turbines generate electricity at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California, as a dust storm blows through the area. Located in the windy gap between Southern California's two highest mountains, the facility is one of three major wind farms in California.

Environment

It’s getting windier and that could be good news for renewable energy

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Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

Life

Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

A pioneering technique has given us a glimpse at the family tree of Gigantopithecus, an extinct ape that was 2.5 metres tall and lived 300,000 years ago

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Environment

Tackling emissions from heavy industry is key to fixing climate change

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Humans

The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

Culture

Humans

Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?

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