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Ban on capturing whales for zoos a step closer

Life

Ban on capturing whales for zoos a step closer

Over 100 countries have agreed to consider drafting laws banning capture of whales and dolphins for display, and will boost protection for sharks and polar bears

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Republican win corners Obama in key US climate battle

Earth

Republican win corners Obama in key US climate battle

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Health

Monkey malaria jumping to humans and on the rise

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The lifelong cost of burying our traumatic experiences

Health

The lifelong cost of burying our traumatic experiences

CultureLab

I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair

Technology

I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair

Opinion

An embryonic understanding of our humble beginnings

Life

An embryonic understanding of our humble beginnings

CultureLab

How human existence doesn't have to cost the Earth

Earth

How human existence doesn't have to cost the Earth

CultureLab

Our gut bugs evolved with us as we split from chimps

Life

Our gut bugs evolved with us as we split from chimps

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Methane cuts won't buy us time on climate change

Earth

Methane cuts won't buy us time on climate change

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Facing the Anthropocene: wonder in an age of collapse

Earth

Facing the Anthropocene: wonder in an age of collapse

Irrational ideas on economic growth, no water, vanishing islands. Two new books and an exhibition ask how we can live in the Anthropocene without going crazy

CultureLab

Space

Spoiler-free guide to the science of Interstellar

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Life

Goodbye, paper: What we miss when we read on screen

Features

Technology

Copyrights and wrongs in the battle for ownership

CultureLab

Bottling Britain's wind energy

Careers

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