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Why it's time for change at the IPCC

The forceful analysis of the IPCC's failings published by the InterAcademy Council is a strong dose of realism about the organisation's failings

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Conservation and compassion: First do no harm

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Conservation and compassion: First do no harm

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Don't stand in the way of genomes for all

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Don't stand in the way of genomes for all

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Stop wasting food, save the world's energy

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Stop wasting food, save the world's energy

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Cosmology's not broken, so why try to fix it?

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Who's afraid of radiation?

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Who's afraid of radiation?

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All power to the wind – it cuts your electricity bills

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All power to the wind – it cuts your electricity bills

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An evil atmosphere is forming around geoengineering

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An evil atmosphere is forming around geoengineering

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You can't fight violence with violence

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You can't fight violence with violence

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Pioneer aquanaut: How not to clean up an oil spill

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Pioneer aquanaut: How not to clean up an oil spill

Seabed explorer and former top government scientist Sylvia Earle is angry at events in the Gulf – but still hopeful about the planet's prospects

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It's too late to worry that the aliens will find us

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Technology

Google should answer some searching questions

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Life

Artificial life: let the people decide

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Life

The fruit fly formerly known as Drosophila

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