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Earth

Tackle UK's killer toxic air before waging war on ocean plastic

If only environment secretary Michael Gove's enthusiasm to curb plastic pollution extended to more pressing environmental issues, says Olive Heffernan

Comment

Time to fix an internet bust by surveillance capitalism's demand for data

Technology

Time to fix an internet bust by surveillance capitalism's demand for data

Culture

Number 2

Humans

We must challenge notions that Marx can explain the modern world

Culture

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Health

Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health

Comment

CDC

Health

How Trump’s ‘ban’ on science words could harm public health

Analysis

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Humans

Well-being will suffer if we don’t trump the anti-science trend

Leader

The Twilight Zone play, Cosmo Jarvis and Oliver Alvin-Wilson on stage

Humans

You’ve just crossed over… The Twilight Zone takes to the stage

Culture

Question mark on statue

Humans

The world urgently needs critical thinking, not gut feeling

Leader

A box for transporting human tissue

Health

England’s shift to opt-out organ donation will save many lives

Comment

Trump supporters

Humans

Effortless thinking: Why we're all born to be status quo fans

There are no right answers in the world of politics – but whether we’re drunk or just pressed for time, the less we think, the further to the right our answers lean

Features

Humans

Effortless thinking: We're all suckers for a celebrity

Features

Humans

Effortless thinking: Why life is more than a zero-sum game

Features

Space

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

News

Humans

How refugee scientists can change the world

Culture