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Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

Earth

Good news: Demand for coal is plummeting towards a record low

The global demand for coal has fallen 4.2 per cent over the last two years, one of the biggest drops on record

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Premature baby

Health

Exclusive: Most premature baby ever to survive born at 22 weeks

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Boundary Dam Power Station in Saskatchewan, Canada

Earth

Faltering carbon capture needs more investment not doubt

Comment

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

Earth

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Earth

Waterworlds: How should we protect our most precious resource?

Culture

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Space

Science Fiction: slavery stereotypes, and a new M. John Harrison

Culture

family

Life

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

Insight

books

Rediscover the gift of reading: Best books to buy this holiday

Culture

motorway busy with cars

Physics

Good news: one form of air pollution may be falling in Europe

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Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

Health

Morning sickness in pregnancy blamed on protein in the placenta

High levels of the protein have been linked with nausea in pregnant women – a discovery that might lead to new anti-sickness drugs

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Health

The UK just missed a big chance to cut harmful diesel pollution

Comment

Earth

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

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Earth

Keystone XL oil pipeline will go ahead despite last week's spill

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Earth

Latest climate talks actually made progress despite US obstinacy

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