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Earth

Open the floodgates: Designer deluges could save dammed rivers

Dams provide vital green power but destroy precious river ecosystems. Could unleashing artificial floods give us the best of both worlds?

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Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?

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Can we count on utopian dreamers to change the world?

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If you want to be a mega philanthropist Jeff Bezos, take note

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Earth

Oil-exploration airguns punch 2-kilometre-wide holes in plankton

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Earth

The death of King Coal hints we are at a climate turning point

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Earth

Living with climate change: Turning the corner

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Health

Babies are dying during childbirth in the UK due to poor care

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Sweden commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 with new law

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Sweden commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 with new law

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Anxiety drug may prevent common virus that causes birth defects

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WHO classes HIV drug as an essential medicine

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP has been added to the WHO's list of essential medicines, highlighting England's failure to provide the drug to those most at risk

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Wireless charger uses quantum trick to power gadgets on the move

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Five things you need to know about DUP politicians and science

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Fetuses turn to follow face-like shapes while in the womb

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Don't forget the lessons of deadly lead

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