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energy and fuels

Power station chimney

Earth

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

Emissions of the major greenhouse gas fell almost 6 per cent year-on-year in 2016 to the lowest levels seen since 1894

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Earth

Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

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Artificial mouse embryo

Health

Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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volcano picture

Earth

Volcanoes: Oxford exhibition gives the fiery inside story

Culture

phones

Technology

Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out

Culture

Spraying fertiliser on wheat

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser

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A cigarette

Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

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Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Technology

Strange futures, with air islands and dung radios

Culture

Coal getting passed arounf the Australian parliament

Earth

There's no such thing as 'clean coal' – it’s dirty and expensive

Analysis

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

Earth

The EU’s renewable energy policy is making global warming worse

Independent report concludes the massive subsidies for wood energy are increasing greenhouse emissions, and are a waste of public money

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Life

HIV vaccine therapy lets five people control virus without drugs

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Health

Exercise reduces death from breast cancer relapse by 40 per cent

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Life

Sperm whale's skin comes off during mass 'scratchathon'

Regulars

Health

Timing when you get pregnant could prevent a miscarriage

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