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oil and gas

Health

Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs than those that didn’t, indicating that the therapy could help treat substance use disorders

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Apartment air conditioners in a building in Singapore

Technology

Cooling system could replace air con and drastically cut energy use

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Environment

The past 12 months were the hottest ever on record

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Orca and fishing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar, Europe

Life

Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

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A landfill in the US

Environment

Food waste in US landfills produces emissions equal to 12 million cars

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Space

Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time

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Australia, Northern Territory, Hermannsburg, Solar Power Generating Station in Outback

Environment

How countries can go fossil fuel free with wind and solar superpowers

Features

Hundreds of pro-cannabis demonstrators march in New York City

Society

Legalising marijuana hasn't been the quick fix the US hoped for

Comment

Electrical energy

Technology

Tiny generator uses the motion of molecules to produce electricity

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Environment

Global power sector has almost hit peak greenhouse gas emissions

This year could have been the beginning of the end for emissions from generating electricity, were it not for a drought that saw a fall in hydropower generation

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Environment

Surge of Russian tankers in the Arctic is raising risk of oil spills

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Environment

Renewable energy boom may help us limit warming this century to 1.5 ÌŠC

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Health

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants

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Health

Cells from discarded placentas may help to treat heart attacks

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