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Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

The prize, founded and funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, aims to ape the film industry and make scientists into celebrities with a televised ceremony

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Inside of fusion reactor JET, showing a purple plasma on the right

Technology

Brexit puts Europe's nuclear fusion future in doubt

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Coal-fired power plant

Earth

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

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EM drive

Space

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

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Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

Technology

Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity

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Health

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

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Earth

The world in 2076: That nuclear war was a bit of a bummer

Features

The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity

Physics

The world in 2076: Goodbye electricity, hello superconductivity

Features

The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Technology

The world in 2076: Artificial starlight has made energy free

Features

Protestors

Earth

Donald Trump's climate sceptics are coming to drill, baby, drill

Global warming sceptic Myron Ebell and hawkish oil advocate Sarah Palin may shape the climate-shredding agenda in the US, says Matthew Nisbet

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Earth

2016 now looks dead set to become the hottest year on record

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Humans

President Trump’s defence deals may spark a nuclear arms race

Insight

Earth

A pause in growth rate of atmospheric CO2 is over – here’s why

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Earth

Trump could land fatal blow to the fight against climate change

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