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The San Rafael waterfall, the biggest falls in Ecuador, located on the boundary of the Amazon with The Andes. San Rafael, Napo, Ecuador. February 2016

Environment

The Amazon is turning into savannah 鈥� we have 5 years to save it

We have been hearing warnings about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest for decades, but experts say a catastrophic tipping point is now just over the horizon. Are they right? And if so, what can we do to pull things back?

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Humans

Steven Pinker interview: Why humans aren’t as irrational as they seem

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Space

3 of the most exciting space telescopes planned for launch by 2034

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Space

How the James Webb telescope will rewrite the story of the universe

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Space

Is our solar system a cosmic oddity? Evidence from exoplanets says yes

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Earth

Why the myth of ‘wilderness’ harms both nature and humanity

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Health

How to hack your stress and turn it into a positive force in your life

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A68X7W Ol Doinyo Lengai lava flowing from a cone, aerial view of the crater floor, Tanzania

Earth

Black lava from this bizarre volcano could reveal Earth’s deep secrets

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Aerial view Oil ship tanker park on the sea waiting for load or unload oil at loading dock from refinery, Business logistics, import export shipping or freight transportation.

Environment

How to slash the shipping industry’s enormous carbon emissions

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Humans

Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans

We once shared the planet with at least seven other types of human. Ironically, our success may have been due to our deepest vulnerability: being dependent on others

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Humans

13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves

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Physics

Why is there something not nothing? The big bang isn鈥檛 the only answer

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Life

Why does evolution happen? The rules on Earth may well be universal

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Physics

Why is the universe intelligible? Things aren鈥檛 as clear as we think

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