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Environment

How are sand dunes formed and why do they even exist?

Humans

Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

Environment

The population debate: Are there too many people on the planet?

Leaders

Environment

The covid-19 pandemic has reignited questions about population size

A pandemic assisted by our incursions into nature has given questions about human population size a renewed focus, but advocates for limiting population also have questions to answer

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Life

We may finally have figured out which group of animals evolved first

Biologists have argued for more than 10 years over which animal group is the oldest, but a new analysis points the finger at the jellyfish-like ctenophores

Health

What a Biden presidency means for covid-19, climate change and tech

Health

Pfizer covid-19 vaccine: Is it the breakthrough we’ve been hoping for?

Health

Animals infected with covid-19 could undo efforts to stop the pandemic

Environment

Most whales and sea turtles seem to have plastic in their bodies

Space

There could be around 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way

Space

Weird space radio signal tracked to its source for the first time

Technology

European weather services hit by storm of malicious email attacks

Environment

Iceberg the size of Cyprus on collision course with Atlantic island

Technology

Robots can now understand what you are saying to follow commands

Humans

Men and women in early Americas shared hunting duties equally

Technology

Dash of potassium could help make long-lasting electric car batteries

Life

Squid-like creature that looked like a giant paperclip lived 200 years

Space

Jupiter鈥檚 moon Europa has ice that may glow green in the dark

Life

Wallabies spotted roaming the UK on nearly 100 occasions

Analysis

Environment

Here鈥檚 why it is so hellishly hard to give up your car to go green

I got rid of my car months ago in an effort to be kinder to the environment, but it has been much harder than I expected and I鈥檓 reluctantly driving again, writes Graham Lawton

Aperture

Life

Image of herons nesting high in the treetops wins drone photo award

This shot of a great white heron and grey heron in their respective treetop nests in Russia was taken by Dmitrii Viliunov using a drone. It won first prize in the wildlife category for the 2020 Drone Photo Awards

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Environment

The population debate: Are there too many people on the planet?

The world population is 7.7 billion. What do our growing numbers mean for economic security, climate change, environmental destruction and the likelihood of pandemics?

Humans

Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

Environment

How are sand dunes formed and why do they even exist?

Culture

Don鈥檛 Miss: Netflix鈥檚 Alien Xmas features a tiny alien with big plans

快猫短视频's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn鈥檛 miss

Humans

Culture Warlords review: An undercover examination of white supremacy

Earth

Ammonite review: Here’s the true story of palaeontologist Mary Anning

Humans

Escape Pod anthology review: Do the unexpected and rethink your foes