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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

Environment

Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

There may be enough space on former open-pit mines to build all the solar facilities we need, but building there won’t be easy

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Environment

Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2

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Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

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Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

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What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

Environment

What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

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Health

Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old

Features

Environment

A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in orbit

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Health

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Earth

The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift

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Space

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to totally transform astronomy

With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to start solving the mysteries of the universe, from dark matter to Planet Nine

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Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

Culture

Environment

Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the lithium bottleneck

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How will Amsterdam become a fully circular economy by 2050?

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Health

Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise

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