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Finland set to become first country to ban coal use for energy
Tomorrow, the nation聽is expected to announce a move to phase out coal and switch to renewable energy, becoming the first聽to outlaw the fossil fuel
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Killer bird flu has spread across Europe – are humans next?
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Global sea ice has reached a record low 鈥� should we be worried?
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Space
SpaceX wants to launch more satellites than are already in orbit
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Environment
GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida
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Earth
First ever lightning-mapping satellite set for take off
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Physics
Gravity may have chased light in the early universe
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Earth
Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth’s core
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Humans
Synaesthetes who 鈥榮ee鈥� calendar hint how our brains handle time
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Space
Hubble rounds up the first worlds we鈥檒l check for alien life
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Environment
Fijian ants grow their own plant cities and farm tropical fruits
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Unconscious brain training beats phobias without the stress
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Gut tissue wired up with nerves created in lab for first time
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Physics
Crowdsourced prime number could help solve a 50-year-old problem
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Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer鈥檚
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Environment
Pilot whales babysit each other鈥檚 young while swimming in groups
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A dash of hydrogen and methane could have kept Mars warm
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Humans
Kangaroo-bone nose piercing is oldest bone jewellery ever found
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Watch some of the most endangered seals caught napping underwater
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How can Facebook and its users burst the ‘filter bubble’?
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Chinese tourist town uses face recognition as an entry pass
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Environment
Energy-efficient engine turns waste hot water into electricity
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Analysis
Technology
New UK surveillance law may see mass data shared with Trump’s US
UK intelligence services will have new powers to access swathes of our data, which could be shared with the US during a Trump presidency, warns Ray Corrigan
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Life
It’s time to relax the rules on growing human embryos in the lab
News
Physics
Is new talk of interstellar drive too good to be true?
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Health
All UK doctors should join the call to decriminalise drugs
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Health
Are the US and China heading for a gene-editing 鈥榮pace race鈥�?
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Features
Physics
5 deviant particles that could spark a revolution in physics
Forget the LHC 鈥� from squished electrons to self-destructing protons, careful scrutiny of everyday particles acting strangely may refresh our picture of reality
Features
Health
Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body
Features
Health
Why some itches can鈥檛 be scratched 鈥� and how to combat them
Features
Technology
Intelligence rethought: AIs know us, but don’t think like us
Features
Health
Let鈥檚 take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer
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