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Stay informed with commentary and opinion pieces on the latest issues in science, technology, health and the environment, written by expert 51动漫 journalists and world-leading researchers and thinkers.

Environment

How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

A video of a turtle with a straw up its nose changed attitudes to plastic pollution around the world. But we must do more, says marine biologist Vanessa B茅zy

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Health

We will one day be able to slow, halt and even eradicate Alzheimer’s

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Society

How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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Space

Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope

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2MJA8ED FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2015, file photo, the slogan 1.5 DEGREES is projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Next month's three-day U.N. climate summit will highlight the urgency of taking immediate actions to reduce global warming and focus on innovations that work, not wordy statements, the U.N. special envoy for the event said Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Environment

The 1.5掳C target is dead, but climate action needn’t be

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A colourised, microscopic image of a 4.4 billion-year-old zircon

Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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Technology

Don’t disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

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Life

If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

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Environment

The crisis in our oceans shows how quickly climate chaos can strike

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Life

The science is clear: repeatedly whipping a horse won’t help it learn

After the release of a shocking video showing Olympic rider Charlotte Dujardin whipping a horse, it is time for equestrians to educate themselves on the science of horse training, says Christa Lest茅-Lasserre

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Life

The best livestream so far this year? A corpse flower slowly blooming

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Space

Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point

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Environment

Pen Hadow: Climate change is making my epic Arctic crossing impossible

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Society

Voters everywhere back green policies. Politicians should take note

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