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Space

Space is all the same temperature. Coincidence?

Distant patches of the universe should never have come into contact. So how come they’re all just as hot as each other?

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Life

6000 people cram into one pool in China to beat the heat

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Map showing high temperatures

Earth

Scorchio! Earth's surface is the hottest it has been in history

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Earth

Last days of Earth: Life in 7 billion years AD

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Guinea pigs beat climate change by tweaking their own DNA

Earth

Guinea pigs beat climate change by tweaking their own DNA

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One Per Cent

Technology

One Per Cent

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Coral reefs in peril as 2016 shapes up to become hottest year

Earth

Coral reefs in peril as 2016 shapes up to become hottest year

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Massive El Niño sweeping globe is now the biggest ever recorded

Earth

Massive El Niño sweeping globe is now the biggest ever recorded

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Those who slam the Paris climate talks are missing the point

Earth

Those who slam the Paris climate talks are missing the point

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Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

Earth

Did climate change jump-start human evolution in East Africa?

The Turkana basin, home to many major fossil discoveries, may have acted as a species factory, generating early humans adapted to a drier climate

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Earth

Global coral bleaching event: What you need to know

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Earth

As monster El Niño looms, the world rushes to get ready

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Earth

Sierra Nevada's 500-year snowpack low deepens California drought

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