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Environment

Cutting noise

Could the treatment of wind-turbine blades to substantially reduce noise, as described in...

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Are we being dazzled by the mindless brilliance of machines?

Technology

Are we being dazzled by the mindless brilliance of machines?

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<i>Playthings</i>: Immerse yourself in a story of mental illness

Humans

Playthings: Immerse yourself in a story of mental illness

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As lights block out the night sky, help measure the damage

Space

As lights block out the night sky, help measure the damage

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Big Bang Data offers worries, wonders and some cats

Technology

Big Bang Data offers worries, wonders and some cats

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Take beard inspiration from the amazing styles of other primates

Life

Take beard inspiration from the amazing styles of other primates

Features

US drops lifetime ban on gay men donating blood

Health

US drops lifetime ban on gay men donating blood

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Dark days for solar power as UK subsidies are slashed

Earth

Dark days for solar power as UK subsidies are slashed

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First glimpse of lost library of Elizabethan polymath John Dee

Physics

First glimpse of lost library of Elizabethan polymath John Dee

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Letting environmental art speak for itself is no longer enough

Earth

Letting environmental art speak for itself is no longer enough

Tim Maughan wonders how the addition of words will change film-maker Cynthia Hooper's beautiful politics

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Life

Why bird droppings are the enemy of electricity

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Earth

A world of wonders: Exploring The Cabaret of Plants

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Humans

Why fairy tales are really scary tales

Features

Earth

Desecration phrasebook: A litany for the Anthropocene

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