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Fracking south-east England for oil may be pointless

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Fracking south-east England for oil may be pointless

Several billion barrels of oil are trapped in rocks under south-east England – but it may not be worth extracting and there is no gas

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China and Vietnam in new spat over oil-rich waters

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Complex fusion reactor takes shape as start date slips

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Complex fusion reactor takes shape as start date slips

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Norse UFOs: What are the glowing orbs of Hessdalen?

Physics

Norse UFOs: What are the glowing orbs of Hessdalen?

Features

Lights out: The dark future of electric power

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Lights out: The dark future of electric power

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$Sun's fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth$

Space

Sun's fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth

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Sun-focusing satellite dish heats water on your roof

Technology

Sun-focusing satellite dish heats water on your roof

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All-electric plane heralds future of green aviation

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All-electric plane heralds future of green aviation

Analysis

We can't be too fussy when it comes to green energy

Leader

Start-ups fuel boom in small-scale nuclear power

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Start-ups fuel boom in small-scale nuclear power

A new wave of nuclear scientists aims to build small-scale reactors that provide carbon-free power more cheaply and safely than today's huge power plants

Analysis

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London mayor Boris talks brain scans and robot cars

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Almost half of new electricity is now clean and green

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Redesigned crops could produce far more fuel

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Technology

Coal fuelled China long before industrial revolution

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