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Europe's last wildernesses are under threat – can we save them?

6 September 2017

A glut of new dams and motorways in eastern and south-eastern Europe will bring prosperity, but could mean unique flora and fauna will soon be gone for good
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Your teenager's biology demands later school starts and lie-ins

31 August 2017

Schools in the US and beyond are right to consider a later start time for teenage students given growing evidence about adolescent body clocks, says Russell Foster

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