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SpaceX rocket

Space

Cookies and slime in orbit: What's the point of PR stunts in space?

Companies that run hotels, build cars and make TV are beginning to operate in space. This in-orbit economy could finance deeper space exploration

Insight

A variety of CBD health products are in the shops - do they work?

Health

A variety of CBD health products are in the shops - do they work?

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trees

Environment

Your guide to the carbon sucking tech we need to save the planet

Insight

Sudan protests

Technology

Countries are turning off the internet to stop violence. Does it work?

Insight

Applying sunscreen on beach

Technology

Safety of many sunscreen ingredients is in doubt – should we worry?

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People getting off plane

Environment

Planning to carbon offset your flight? You should read this first

Insight

Exporting cars

Technology

Forget Tesla - China’s BYD is driving the electric car revolution

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Bread

Environment

Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste

Insight

MRI scanner

Technology

AIs that diagnose diseases are starting to assist and replace doctors

Insight

JUNE 12: A protester makes a gesture during a protest on June 12, 2019 in Hong Kong China. Large crowds of protesters gathered in central Hong Kong as the city braced for another mass rally in a show of strength against the government over a divisive plan to allow extraditions to China

Humans

Does people power make a difference? The truth about protests

From Extinction Rebellion to the Hong Kong marches, protesters are regularly taking to the streets. But what really works to change people's minds

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Technology

Robotic surgery is turning out to be an expensive fad

Insight

Technology

Working hypothesis: From Pokémon Sleep to David Camerson

Insight

Environment

Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen

Insight

Technology

Should you give your data to a period tracker or smart breast pump?

Insight