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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

Cannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 years

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Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

Earth

Rich nations restore their own forests but trash those elsewhere

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Man looks at globe surrounded by mini satellites mounted on metal arcs

Space

The UK's plan to build a rival GPS is a bonkers Brexit scheme

Analysis

People in bee costumes hold signs such as

Life

To save the insect world we must go way beyond neonicotinoid ban

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The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

Earth

The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

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Melting ice

Earth

Polar melt may shut down the Atlantic current that warms Europe

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Life

How to keep foreign pests away from the UK’s natural treasures

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The EMA building

Health

Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

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Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought

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Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought

Two peach stones found in sediment beneath Saint Mark’s Basilica could extend the history of Venice by 180 years

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Life

The first ancestors of giant pandas probably lived in Europe

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Earth

Air pollution blamed for 500,000 early deaths in Europe in 2014

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Technology

EU plan to erase digital borders will further isolate Brexit UK

Insight

Humans

These are the three biggest obstacles for a Brexit science deal

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