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Parker probe

Space

NASA is right to pay homage to the living for the first time

Naming a solar probe after astrophysicist Eugene Parker breaks the space agency’s tradition of only honouring the dead. That’s a good thing, says Geraint Lewis

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sourdough bread

Health

Artisan sourdough? You may as well eat mass-produced white bread

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$Energy security is possible without nuclear power or fracked gas$

Earth

Energy security is possible without nuclear power or fracked gas

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naturally occurring phytoplankton bloom

Earth

Geoengineering fears make scrutiny of ocean seeding test vital

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protest banner

Life

How to get scientists and politicians talking the same language

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Quit nature to save wolves and bears? There are better ways

Life

Quit nature to save wolves and bears? There are better ways

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party badges

Technology

Three major UK parties respond to our technology manifesto

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Care for people over the age of 65 is direly underfunded

Health

Think the UK has a social care crisis now? Just wait until 2025

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President Trump wearing a hard hat while giving a speech

Earth

Unimpeachable logic says Trump shouldn't quit Paris climate pact

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Unshackled, big auto will keep choking the world on diesel fumes

Earth

Unshackled, big auto will keep choking the world on diesel fumes

We now know diesel vehicles pollute more than they should to deadly effect everywhere, but the real scandal is government foot-dragging, says Olive Heffernan

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Health

Call obesity a disease and food a pathological agent? No thanks

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Health

Memo to whoever lands the world's top health job – do this first

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Technology

What is it like to be a robot for a day? Weird and wonderful

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Life

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

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