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Nuclear energy: Splitting the atom

Technology

Nuclear energy: Splitting the atom

Hundreds of reactors around the world are splitting heavy atoms in the process called fission – providing about 13.5 per cent of the world's electrical energy

Features

Acid trips down memory lane

Life

Acid trips down memory lane

Books & Arts

The trouble with neuroscience

Life

The trouble with neuroscience

Books & Arts

China moots reaching emissions peak by 2025

Earth

China moots reaching emissions peak by 2025

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Cheap infrared camera lets you be an environmental spy

Earth

Cheap infrared camera lets you be an environmental spy

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How nature writing can make us care

Earth

How nature writing can make us care

Books & Arts

It's time to start mining the moon

Space

It's time to start mining the moon

Opinion

To green the deserts, just add... seawater?

Earth

To green the deserts, just add... seawater?

Features

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Long may science continue to inspire poetry

Opinion

Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope

Technology

Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope

After a series of false dawns, the world's first commercial wave farm is to open soon. Will this be a fresh start for the technology?

Analysis

The festival year starts here

Books & Arts

Earth

China gains observer status on the Arctic Council

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Life

Tracing the roots of human morality in animals

Books & Arts

Earth

Did tectonic rift push apes and monkeys apart?

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