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Macrophotograph of a huge Eastern hornet (orientalis Vespa) against a blue sky on a Sunny summer day

Life

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

The oriental hornet shows no ill effects – or behavioural changes – when it spends a week drinking an 80 per cent alcohol solution

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A wild bottlenose dolphin having a health assessment

Life

Dolphins breathe in microplastics and it could be damaging their lungs

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The Park Fire burns through the night on July 30, 2024 near Chico, California

Environment

Growing number of Earth's ‘vital signs’ endangered by climate change

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Health

MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

Health

Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Environment

Our efforts to cope with extreme temperatures are making them worse

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Best-case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming

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Environment

Rising methane emissions from wetlands may undermine climate targets

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Environment

Anti-methane vaccine could reduce the huge climate impact of cow burps

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Environment

One of Earth's major carbon sinks collapsed in 2023

Forests and other land ecosystems emitted almost as much carbon dioxide as they absorbed in 2023 – if this persists it will be much harder to restrict global warming to agreed targets

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Environment

Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes

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Health

Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

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Health

A long-standing mystery about breastfeeding may have been solved

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Environment

Crushed rocks and fertiliser switches can cut nitrous oxide from farms

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