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Volvo XC90 SUV

Technology

Hailing e-Volvos as imminent saviours of the planet is nonsense

High praise was heaped on Volvo when it said it would stop making cars powered only by petrol or diesel. This is no revolution, says Olive Heffernan

Comment

A bus being filled with biofuel

Earth

Use waste rather than crops for biofuels, says UK report

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humpback whale feeding next a salmon hatchery

Life

Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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Mathematics has a bad hair day

Physics

Mathematics has a bad hair day

Culture

Solar panels

Earth

Invisibility cloak makes solar panels work more efficiently

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Sea of Ligeia Mare

Space

Titan's conditions could be just right to power US-sized colony

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Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

Health

Eating lots of sugar when pregnant may raise risk of allergies

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art Duxford

Technology

Futuristic artwork captures sounds to celebrate famous airfield

Culture

bird

Life

How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it

Culture

It's time we all burst our carbon bubbles

Earth

It's time we all burst our carbon bubbles

Distant financial elites aren't the only ones with investments in the fossil fuel industry – most people with a private pension or savings account do too

Leader

Space

Arthur C. Clarke award makes science fiction a family affair

Culture

Health

Blood doping: Were Armstrong and Russia wasting their time?

Comment

Life

‘Missing link’ whale could filter feed and hunt larger prey

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Technology

The spongy fuel that's made from trees

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