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nuclear energy

Korea missile

Humans

Talk of a 'localised nuclear conflict' is ignorant and dangerous

Any nuclear war, no matter how small, would result in a nuclear famine. We should all work to dispel the notion that regional conflicts would have only regional effects

Leader

Pierre and Marie Curie

Humans

Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

Features

Dust from the Carmichael coal mine has spread widely

Earth

It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

Analysis

radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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cyborg leaf

Life

Make like a leaf: How copying photosynthesis can change society

Features

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Wind energy is one of the winners

Earth

Record amounts of renewable energy added to the mix in 2016

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Electricity grid control room

Technology

US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report

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A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

Health

A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

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Southern Milky Way

Space

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

One of the most chemically strange stars we know could chart a path to the so-called "island of stability", where massive yet relatively stable atoms exist

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Health

Exposed: Soviet cover-up of nuclear fallout worse than Chernobyl

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Earth

CO2 emissions from energy remain flat for third year running

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Earth

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

Comment

Life

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

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