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energy and fuels

Electricity grid control room

Technology

US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report

Hackers could sabotage electricity grid or oil pipelines unless weaknesses that have built up over decades are addressed, writes former NSA inspector general

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A pregnant woman in a swimming pool

Health

Exclusive: menopausal women become pregnant with their own eggs

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Tweets from Trump

Health

From HIV to climate change: how to spot denialists in action

Features

protest

Health

Beetroot for AIDS: Fighting denialism in Mbeki’s South Africa

Features

Renewables are picking up

Earth

CO2 emissions from energy remain flat for third year running

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Babies born prematurely react different to touch

Life

Premature babies’ brains respond differently to gentle touching

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zebras

Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

A poster with Donals Trump as a child in Vladimir Putin's arms with the text

Earth

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

Comment

Blue whale skeleton on display in a museum

Life

The blue whale story: Meet the giant in all its glory

Culture

baby crying

Health

Why overzealous breastfeeding advice can be bad for babies

An excessive focus on breastfeeding at all costs in the first few days after birth may be harming babies when their mums can’t make enough milk

Analysis

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Earth

Green thinking in the era of Trump

Culture

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

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Life

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

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