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Leaders

Environment

Coronavirus gives us a chance to transform our approach to the climate

ALMOST everyone has felt at least some yearning for a return to "normality". The economic, social and mental costs of lockdown have been high, alongside the terrible toll of lives cut short. Around the world, countries are, quite naturally, assessing how they can allow their citizens to resume some of their former freedoms, and individuals …

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Environment

Coronavirus set to cause biggest emissions fall since second world war

The lockdown has seen a reduction in car journeys Global carbon emissions are likely to see their steepest fall this year since the second world war, according to researchers who say coronavirus lockdown measures have already cut them by nearly a fifth. But the team warns that the dramatic drop won't slow climate change. The …

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Life

Cold war spy satellite images reveal long-term decline in biodiversity

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Environment

Bees force plants to flower early by cutting holes in their leaves

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Health

HPV vaccine linked to fewer premature births in Australia

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Humans

Earliest known man with Native American DNA ancestry lived in Siberia

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Space

A large moon might be hugging an object in the outer solar system

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Life

How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting wildlife and conservation

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Environment

All five of Earth's largest mass extinctions linked to global warming

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Health

A blood test could reveal how quickly or slowly you are ageing

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Health

UK plans to further ease lockdown as new case rate remains high

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Health

At work, school and seeing friends: How to lower your coronavirus risk

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Analysis

Space

NASA's Artemis Accords aim to lay down the law of the land on the moon

NASA plans to return humans to the moon The US government is starting to lay down the groundwork for diplomacy on the moon. On 15 May, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine released a set of principles that will govern the Artemis Accords , a series of agreements the US wants to make with other countries to …

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Environment

How a victory for a small bog could herald a new era for conservation

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Aperture

Humans

Psychedelic skies over Chile reveal the full extent of light pollution

An image taken by astronomer Juan Carlos Munoz of the night sky above Santiago, Chile, uses optical techniques to reveal the extent of light pollution in major cities even while under lockdown

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Features

Earth

The amazing Antarctic discovery that could tell us how Earth was made

Explorers trawling the polar ice have finally unearthed a trove of precious, iron-rich space rocks that might help crack the puzzle of how our planet took shape

Features

Humans

Climate chief: How coronavirus shows us we can beat global warming

Features

Health

Coronavirus seems to reach the brain. What could this mean for us?

Features

Space

Why it's better to fall into a big black hole, and other bizarre facts

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Culture

Space

Space Force review: The sitcom is almost as comical as the real thing

The newly created US Space Force has provided a lot of laughs since its inception. A TV satire about it is almost as funny as the original, says Simon Ings

Culture

Technology

No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

Culture

Technology

Don't miss: Europe's biggest art-meets-tech festival on your computer

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More

New Scientist puzzle #61: Triple jump

What chance the combined ages of triplets will ever add up exactly to their mother's age? Plus the solution to puzzle #60. Set by Rob Eastaway

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Tom Gauld on failing spectacularly

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Twisteddoodles on spacey video call backgrounds

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Perhaps the most convoluted way to calculate pi of all time

The Georgia state government’s ability to alter time, plus the ultimate Eurovision entry created by artificial intelligence in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up

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Letters

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