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Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

Technology

Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

We’ve always thought of tech as conquering nature, but the climate crisis is changing everything – not least what future advances will look like, argues Annalee Newitz

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Extinction Rebellion protests should be embraced, not banned

Environment

Extinction Rebellion protests should be embraced, not banned

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If we label eco-anxiety as an illness, climate denialists have won

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If we label eco-anxiety as an illness, climate denialists have won

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Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

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Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Dust is annoying, but it is also key to life and death in the cosmos

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Dust is annoying, but it is also key to life and death in the cosmos

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Ancient grains are misnamed and their health benefits are unconfirmed

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Ancient grains are misnamed and their health benefits are unconfirmed

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Should people with mental health conditions be drugged to stand trial?

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Should people with mental health conditions be drugged to stand trial?

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The school climate strikes this Friday need the support of adults

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The school climate strikes this Friday need the support of adults

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Laws are needed when technological change ends up squeezing workers

California’s Assembly Bill 5 will let gig workers have benefits, unions and legal protection. It was needed to prevent a return to Dickensian working conditions, argues Annalee Newitz

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Technology

Facebook must come clean and hand over election campaign data

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Environment

Brexit makes us question democracy – and so does climate change

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Global shipping needs to clean up its act now – here’s how to do it

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Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

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