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oil and gas

Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes

Earth

Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes

Two new books tell the complex, fascinating and sometimes frustrating tale of attempts to hold multinationals to account for environmental and social crimes

Books & Arts

Making art from stripped-down dead animals

Life

Making art from stripped-down dead animals

Regulars

Bacteria churn out first ever petrol-like biofuel

Earth

Bacteria churn out first ever petrol-like biofuel

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Earth

'Carbon bubble' threatens climate negotiations

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Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales

Earth

Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales

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International Space Station to get 787-style batteries

Space

International Space Station to get 787-style batteries

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Our love affair with strange prehistoric bones

Life

Our love affair with strange prehistoric bones

Books & Arts

Oases of cool: Taking the heat out of urban living

Earth

Oases of cool: Taking the heat out of urban living

Features

Mouse hepatitis virus may help end chimp research

Life

Mouse hepatitis virus may help end chimp research

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Time to get tough on the physiological causes of crime

In The Anatomy of Violence, Adrian Raine makes a strong case – often based on his own research – that distinct biological traits shape criminal behaviour

Books & Arts

Earth

Smart heat nets fire the next energy revolution

Features

Technology

Smartphone kit keeps donated breast milk fit to drink

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Earth

It's too early to herald a US nuclear renaissance

Opinion

Our enduring love affair with 'flying jewels'

Books & Arts

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