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Time for Japan to get real over whale research

The International Court of Justice's ruling against Japan's whaling programme gives the country a face-saving reason to start over and do proper science

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Coal fuelled China long before industrial revolution

Technology

Coal fuelled China long before industrial revolution

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Why do we love to organise knowledge into trees?

Mind

Why do we love to organise knowledge into trees?

CultureLab

Bite-sized chunks of brain science don't quite satisfy

Life

Bite-sized chunks of brain science don't quite satisfy

CultureLab

Joined-up research will star in Wellcome's new project

Life

Joined-up research will star in Wellcome's new project

Careers

Whale's bacterial stowaways reveal how stressed it is

Life

Whale's bacterial stowaways reveal how stressed it is

Regulars

Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species

Earth

Loving the alien: A defence of non-native species

CultureLab

Catching cancer: The riveting quest for a killer virus

Health

Catching cancer: The riveting quest for a killer virus

CultureLab

How climate pain is being spun into corporate gain

Earth

How climate pain is being spun into corporate gain

CultureLab

Exxon to disclose extent of its carbon asset exposure

Earth

Exxon to disclose extent of its carbon asset exposure

Oil giant Exxon Mobil will reveal how much of its fossil fuel reserves could become worthless if governments cut greenhouse gas emissions

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Earth

English art show mines global work with local appeal

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Mind

The best parents don't try to score top marks

CultureLab

Life

A wild ride through the ocean's strangest creatures

CultureLab

Technology

How 3D printers forge new art from old etchings

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