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Fracking could accelerate global warming

Earth

Fracking could accelerate global warming

With the row over fracking reaching the UK, leading climate scientists are warning that its ability to combat climate change might be illusory

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Is there hope for the bees?

Life

Is there hope for the bees?

CultureLab

Forget doggy paddle - apes prefer breaststroke

Life

Forget doggy paddle - apes prefer breaststroke

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Earth

The fracking debate needs more light, less heat

Opinion

The making of Niels Bohr

Physics

The making of Niels Bohr

CultureLab

Frack on or frack off: Can shale gas save the planet?

Earth

Frack on or frack off: Can shale gas save the planet?

Features

An elementary history lesson

Physics

An elementary history lesson

CultureLab

Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

Technology

Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

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Dances with molecules

Dances with molecules

CultureLab

Become the star of your own personalised manga comic

Technology

Become the star of your own personalised manga comic

A Kinect system turns a user's poses into action-packed Japanese manga comics – with you as the star

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Life

Pterosaurs deserve a place in the sun

CultureLab

Technology

Look to the past for the fuel of the future

Opinion

Technology

Grab ammonia out of thin air for fuel of the future

Analysis

Earth

Crude-oil spill blights idyllic Thai island

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