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energy and fuels

petrol station

Technology

How challenging the meaning of 'fuel' lets the real world in

We know what the word "fuel" means – right? Not really, argues Karen Pinkus in her new book – outside the lab or policy office, nothing is simple

Culture

Maps and the 20th century: Where to draw the lines?

Humans

Maps and the 20th century: Where to draw the lines?

Culture

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

Humans

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

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Whale breaching

Life

Whales talk to each other by slapping out messages on water

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figure in road

Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

Culture

Buckland with big fish

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Culture

Platanista gangetica gangetica river dolphin

Life

Rare river dolphins get trapped in fishing nets as waters drop

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Man in crowd holding figure 14

Humans

Language trends run in mysterious 14-year cycles

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Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

Life

Being popular is good for health - in monkeys, at least

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Coal-fired power plant

Earth

Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy

Tomorrow, the nation is expected to announce a move to phase out coal and switch to renewable energy, becoming the first to outlaw the fossil fuel

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Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

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Technology

Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph

Culture

Life

Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science

Culture

Space

Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?

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