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Energy trilemma: Can power be cheap, clean and secure?

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Energy trilemma: Can power be cheap, clean and secure?

When it comes to electricity supply, we're caught in a vicious triangle. A bold scheme that pays big business to switch off could be part of the solution

Features

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Break electricity addiction to win the power struggle

Leader

Heroic and humble quests for overlooked animals

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Heroic and humble quests for overlooked animals

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Logical armour: A primer in mathematical self-defence

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Logical armour: A primer in mathematical self-defence

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Brazil's mega power line threatens Amazon's top reserve

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Oil works threaten health of people in Peruvian Amazon

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Oil works threaten health of people in Peruvian Amazon

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China battles to be first ecological civilisation

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China battles to be first ecological civilisation

Analysis

The war on pain and why we can't win it

The war on pain and why we can't win it

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Technology

Elastic battery yarn could power smart clothes

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Dobby, Pikachu and Kermit are my robots' role models

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Dobby, Pikachu and Kermit are my robots' role models

Companion robots can't just do their jobs – they should be as charming as our favourite cartoon characters, says special effects roboticist Derek Scherer

Opinion

Space

A straight-talking woman's guide to dark matter

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Oil drillers promise to withdraw from Africa's Eden

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Health

Gene editing tool can write HIV out of the picture

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Life

When trilobites ruled the seas

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