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nuclear energy

Oil pipeline construction halted after Native American protests

Earth

Oil pipeline construction halted after Native American protests

The conduit for oil has sparked protests and a lawsuit led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and now the US has halted construction on a section of the pipeline

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A map showing an earthquake thought to be the result of a nuclear test in North Korea

Earth

North Korea’s largest nuclear test still lacks missile capacity

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Demonstration with banner reading

Earth

Court rules in favour of Queensland mega-mine

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The new wind farm

Earth

First US offshore wind farm will power an entire island

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Feng Weizhong at Shanghai Wai Gaopiao Number 3 Power Generation

Earth

China’s drive to clean up its coal power, one plant at a time

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solar panels on a house roof

Technology

Blockchain grid to let neighbours trade solar power in Australia

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Ronald Richter

Physics

President Perón, I'll give you fusion in a bottle

Features

Illustration of hydrogen atom with single proton at nucleus and single electron orbiting it

Physics

How big is a proton? No one knows exactly, and that's a problem

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LHC

Physics

Physicists look to the future as new particle dream dies

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solar panel

Technology

How Tesla's batteries can change the solar power game

Elon Musk's takeover of SolarCity can give solar power the efficiency boost it needs – letting rooftop panels pipe cheap energy onto the grid

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Physics

More haste, less speed: Don't rush to publish premature theory

Leader

Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

Analysis

Technology

Bacteria made to turn sewage into clean water – and electricity

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Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Features

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