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Why the UK doesn't need a new coal mine

Environment

Why the UK doesn't need a new coal mine

The UK is considering opening a new coal mine – here's why it doesn't need one, says Mark Peplow

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Connecting with nature is good, but can apps help us do it better?

Health

Connecting with nature is good, but can apps help us do it better?

Features

Hedy Lamarr

People in Science

Hedy Lamarr

A sailor in the US Navy uses a long-range acoustic device on board a boat

Technology

Sneaky US Navy feedback device could stop people being able to speak

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/Shutterstock (10714089d) Cube of uranium is displayed, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, N.M. The

Physics

Investigation of Nazi uranium could help stop modern nuclear smuggling

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Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

Technology

Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic insulin capsules

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This artist?s rendering shows a NIF target pellet inside a hohlraum capsule with laser beams entering through openings on either end. The beams compress and heat the target to the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to occur. Ignition experiments on NIF are the result of more than 50 years of inertial confinement fusion research and development, opening the door to exploration of previously inaccessible physical regimes

Physics

Huge lasers make conditions at the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

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2E38E1A A closeup of the app logo for the Google Play, formerly Android Market, digital distribution service for apps on a mobile phone smartphone screen

Technology

Google can take two months to remove malware apps from app store

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Humans

Why are so many records being broken at the Tokyo Olympics?

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Can low-income countries leapfrog to clean energy technologies?

Technology

Can low-income countries leapfrog to clean energy technologies?

As energy access improves in low-income countries, there is an opportunity to go straight to clean technologies, says Jim Watson

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Technology

Secret underwater messages can be hidden in whale and dolphin chatter

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Technology

Wearable devices could use your breathing patterns like a password

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Technology

Bendy camera the width of a human hair can take accurate 3D images

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Technology

QAnon posts by figurehead Q may be written by more than one person

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