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Environment

The UK energy crisis shows why it is time to look beyond fossil fuels

Environment

A third of the world’s food goes to waste 鈥� here’s how to stop the rot

Humans

Everyday aches: Why it鈥檚 time to take minor ailments more seriously

Physics

The black hole paradox that thwarts our understanding of reality

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Leaders

Environment

The UK energy crisis shows why it is time to look beyond fossil fuels

The gas crisis fatally undermines the argument that fossil fuels provide a stable, economically viable solution to satisfying our future energy needs

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Environment

WHO calls for lower limits on air pollution to save millions of lives

The World Health Organization has released guidelines for strict limits on air pollution from cars, power stations and other sources. If countries adopt them, millions of deaths could be avoided

Health

Why covid-19 hospitalisations may soar in England despite vaccination

Technology

Quantum computer helps to design a better quantum computer

Life

Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

Health

Woman who first gained sense of smell at age 24 finds it disturbing

Space

Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery

Space

SpaceX鈥檚 Inspiration4 marks a shift towards privacy for space tourists

Space

The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to make its first Mercury fly-by

Life

We can now bioengineer catnip instead of extracting it from plants

Space

Maps of planetary nurseries will help the complex hunt for alien life

Space

UK night skies will be among worst hit by satellite megaconstellations

Space

Astronomers may have found a moon orbiting a rogue planet with no star

New climate plans fall far short of limiting global warming to 1.5掳C

Technology

City-wide quantum data network in China is the largest ever built

Life

Cats refuse to snuggle with objects that smell like their owners

Space

NASA鈥檚 Perseverance rover has been hit by 100 鈥榙ust devils鈥� on Mars

Environment

Call for English households with bulging waste bins to pay extra

Technology

Fake TikTok accounts could spread disinformation ahead of German vote

Environment

Global demand for fish expected to almost double by 2050

Health

Having HPV while pregnant linked to increased risk of premature birth

Technology

Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets could be decoded by an AI

Life

Ancient spiders locked in amber died looking after their offspring

Life

Mystery microbes have been lurking unsuspected in most coral species

Technology

Leaf-inspired material makes different liquids flow in opposite ways

Health

Cheap covid-19 antibody test shows if you have immunity in 5 minutes

Space

Here are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners

Analysis

Woman and child wearing colorful pair of woolly socks warming cold feet in front of heating radiator in winter time. Electric or gas heater at home. Part of body, selective focus.

Environment

Blame fossil fuels, not renewables, for the UK’s winter energy crisis

Rising gas prices mean the UK is facing a difficult winter and some people are keen to point the blame at the shift to renewables 鈥� but relying on fossil fuels will always lead to cyclical crises

Health

Changing how drugs are approved in England mustn’t endanger safety

Environment

Ecological grief is devastating but it may help us stop climate change

Features

Physics

The black hole paradox that thwarts our understanding of reality

Black holes devour stuff and then shrivel away over billions of years. Explaining what happens to anything that falls in explodes our current theories of physics, says cosmologist Paul Davies

Humans

Everyday aches: Why it鈥檚 time to take minor ailments more seriously

Environment

A third of the world’s food goes to waste 鈥� here’s how to stop the rot

Culture

Humans

Dune review: Action aplenty, but a lack of depth and emotion

Denis Villeneuve's big-budget remake boasts a stellar cast and spectacular effects, yet the big scenes fail to deliver on the deeper ecological and anti-colonial message of the novel

Humans

Fire and Ice review: A fascinating tour of weird space volcanoes

Don鈥檛 Miss: An immersive journey into ancient cave art culture

Humans

Psychonauts 2 review: A fun yet sensitive take on mental health

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Humans

How to sous vide steak using a beer cooler box

Cooking sous vide offers a route to perfection via precisely controlled temperatures. Here's how to do it at home, no gadgets necessary

Twisteddoodles prepares to defend a thesis

Tom Gauld on the two ways to explain scientific research

Regulars

The UK鈥檚 plan to measure the bendiness of a banana using furlongs

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

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Could humans evolve into two different species in the future?

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