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Is coal really on its way out?

Earth

UK government subsidises coal sector with £356 million a year

Despite pledges to phase out coal, UK and several other EU countries still provide various tax benefits to the coal sector, according to a new report

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Health

Immune war with donor cells after transplant may wipe out HIV

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smog over the city

Earth

Cutting through the smog: Is pollution getting worse?

Features

Cutting through the smog: How air pollution shortens your life

Earth

Cutting through the smog: How air pollution shortens your life

Features

A woman wearing a face mask to filter out polluted air

Earth

Cutting through the smog: 5 ways to slash your pollution intake

Features

Cutting through the smog: What to do to fight air pollution

Earth

Cutting through the smog: What to do to fight air pollution

Features

Models of the skulls of human ancestors

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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A diagram of a plastic bag system for keeping extremly premature infants alive

Health

Artificial womb helps premature lamb fetuses grow for 4 weeks

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Pregnant women in swimming pool

Health

Zika outbreak may have led to fewer births in Rio de Janeiro

Early figures suggest several thousand fewer babies were born in the Brazilian city than usual in the second half of 2016, but there could be several reasons why

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Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Health

How pregnancy could affect an elite athlete like Serena Williams

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Life

Drone spots humpback whales and orcas moving in on cloud of fish

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Earth

It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

Analysis

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