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Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

Technology

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

The universe’s most common element could also be its most wondrous. Two different groups of researchers say they've made it - but can either claim withstand scrutiny?

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The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

Earth

The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

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Oil spill

Environment

Oil spills could be cleaned up by giving local microbes extra genes

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Plectrocebus parecis monkey

Life

Monkeys hiding on a plateau in the Amazon turn out to be new species

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Adult mountain gorilla

Health

How a Ugandan vet saved hundreds of gorillas by treating human disease

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transparent solar cell

Technology

Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

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Don't miss: knotty sculptures, deadly diseases and molecular machines

Technology

Don't miss: knotty sculptures, deadly diseases and molecular machines

Culture

Shot of a young woman suffering from stomach cramps in her bedroom

Health

Some women feel fetal kicks years after they've given birth

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Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

Life

Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

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steel workers

Environment

Tackling emissions from heavy industry is key to fixing climate change

Ramping up renewable energy, electrifying transport and ending energy waste is the easy stuff, the hard problem of climate change is reducing emissions from steel and concrete production

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Humans

The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

Culture

Humans

Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?

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Environment

UK government rings death knell for the fracking industry

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Health

Sorry, having sex won't start labour – but rubbing your nipples might

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