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Rory Mc Donnell interview: The slug hunter with a strange new weapon

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Rory Mc Donnell interview: The slug hunter with a strange new weapon

Invasive slugs and snails are not only troublesome for gardeners – they cause millions of dollars’ worth of damage to crops every year. Ecologist Rory Mc Donnell is on a mission to find evidence-based ways to get rid of these pesky gastropods

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Lose yourself: How transcendent experiences can boost your well-being

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Lose yourself: How transcendent experiences can boost your well-being

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How artificial intelligence can help us figure out how life began

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How artificial intelligence can help us figure out how life began

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Automated chemistry: The machines that can discover new drugs

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Automated chemistry: The machines that can discover new drugs

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Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

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Endlessly recyclable materials could fix our plastic waste crisis

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How to make sustainable batteries that won't wreck the planet

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How to make sustainable batteries that won't wreck the planet

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New ways to suck up methane can buy us vital time in the climate fight

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New ways to suck up methane can buy us vital time in the climate fight

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The rise of the molecular machines set to make new wonder materials

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The rise of the molecular machines set to make new wonder materials

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Artificial leaves: Bionic photosynthesis as good as the real thing

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Artificial leaves: Bionic photosynthesis as good as the real thing

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Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 binding to a receptor on the surface of a B cell. B cells are part of the body's immune system.

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DIY treatments and clinical trials – one person’s tale of long covid

With official therapies thin on the ground, people with long covid are entering trials of unconventional treatments - including wearing scuba diver-like trousers to heat muscles and breathing pure oxygen - in an attempt to find something that works

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Environment

Rising seas could submerge Rio and Jakarta by 2100 – what can we do?

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Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

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Health

We're closing in on the causes of long covid and possible treatments

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Environment

Could ancient viruses from melting permafrost cause the next pandemic?

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