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United States

A new power plant is planned for Hinkley in Somerset

Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

Doubts about a planned nuclear power plant and the rise of renewable power suggest it is time to rethink a key plank of UK energy strategy, says Paul Ekins

Comment

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Health

US introduces measures to tackle opioid painkiller epidemic

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eugenics

Humans

Eugenic America: How to exclude almost everyone

CultureLab

US president Barack Obama meeting Cuban president Raúl Castro

Humans

Obama wants scientific collaboration to boost US-Cuba relations

Comment

A child drinking a fizzy drink

Health

UK's sugary drink tax signals welcome stand against industry

Comment

moose

Life

A beguiling natural history of North America's great forests

CultureLab

Jason de Leon

Humans

I document life and death on America's migrant trail

Opinion

North Sea oil rig

Earth

Oil tax breaks in UK's budget criticised by climate campaigners

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Close-up of someone's hand taking out some copper-coloured, mean-looking pointy bullets from a case

Life

Could three gun laws cut US firearm deaths by 90 per cent?

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Hands off our health records, say 1 in 6 UK adults

Life

Hands off our health records, say 1 in 6 UK adults

A survey of over 2000 adults has uncovered a poor understanding of how people's health data is bought, sold and used in the UK

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Technology

Why is the UK so bad at getting more women into engineering?

Comment

Technology

Encryption war between Apple and the FBI will affect us all

Leader

Humans

Will tracking people via clouds of microbes stand up in court?

Leader

Health

US Supreme Court to hear case on restrictive Texas abortion law

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