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Environment

Global food crisis is leaving millions hungry, but there are solutions

R1GHPD Nuclear power station cooling tower low poly. 3d render ecology pollution save planet environment concept triangle polygonal. Radioactive nuclear reactor electricity vector illustration

Environment

Nuclear power can help us reach net zero, but what is its true cost?

Environment

Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

G15D0M Allegorical representation of the Demon of the Plague, from H. von Gersdorf's Feldtbuch der Wundarzney, printed by Johann Schott, Strasbourg, 1540. The Black Death (1340-1400) was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the de

Health

How many people died due to the Black Death in Europe?

wild rat

Health

Plague never went away 鈥� now it could re-emerge in drug-resistant form

Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

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Leaders

R1GHPD Nuclear power station cooling tower low poly. 3d render ecology pollution save planet environment concept triangle polygonal. Radioactive nuclear reactor electricity vector illustration

Environment

Nuclear power can help us reach net zero, but what is its true cost?

Society must balance the pros and cons of nuclear energy and work out the massive issue of who foots the bills when power stations go over budget

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Monkeypox virus particles taken from a human skin sample, captured via a coloured transmission electron micrograph

Health

Monkeypox cases are continuing to rise around the world

More than 170 confirmed cases have been recorded in North and South America, Australia, the Middle East, North Africa and across Europe

Health

Could monkeypox become a pandemic? Here’s everything you need to know

Environment

Australia votes for stronger climate action in ‘greenslide’ election

Environment

Priceless samples from Ukraine’s seed bank destroyed in bomb attack

Environment

Gene-edited tomato offers new plant-based source of vitamin D

Environment

UK expects to produce more electricity than it needs by 2030

Space

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launches to ISS despite thruster issue

Space

Astronomers question if the first picture of a black hole is accurate

Health

Climate change means people are losing 44 hours of sleep per year

Life

Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine

Environment

Tree plantations with diverse species grow better than monocultures

Technology

Is DeepMind’s Gato AI really a human-level intelligence breakthrough?

Life

Noisy boats over the Great Barrier Reef are cutting fish lives short

Health

Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection

Life

Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males

Technology

Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

Technology

Robot can fly, swim or hitch a ride by sticking to other objects

Life

Young wasps routinely eat their own siblings in the nest

Analysis

Man carrying grain

Environment

Global food crisis is leaving millions hungry, but there are solutions

A storm of events is pushing food prices higher, exacerbating the hunger and malnutrition already experienced by hundreds of millions of people around the world

Society

Science shows that dogs feel things like us. Legislation must catch up

Comment

Twitter and the dangers of the US myth of free speech

Aperture

Life

Polar bears caught feeding on a whale carcass in breathtaking photos

With an enormous sperm whale to feast on, Svalbard polar bears gain access to more than just the bear necessities

Features

Environment

Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

Some say it is indispensable if we are serious about hitting net-zero emissions targets. Others insist it is unnecessary and unconscionable. Here is what you need to know about nuclear energy now

Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Health

Plague never went away 鈥� now it could re-emerge in drug-resistant form

Health

How many people died due to the Black Death in Europe?

Culture

Caption from book: The yellow-legged Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, preys on a wide diversity of insects, including foraging honeybee workers as they arrive back at their hive. Photo taken in Jakarta, Indonesia

Life

Endless Forms review: Let’s hear it for wasps, says a lively new book

An exuberant and authoritative book puts wasps in their rightful place 鈥� at the centre of research, says Simon Ings

Humans

The Dolittle Machine review: What if we really could talk to animals?

Humans

Buried review: Did the Anglo-Saxons really invade Britain?

Humans

Don’t Miss: Star Trek parody The Orville is back for a third season

Comment

Citizen Sleeper review: A cyberpunk RPG with an emotional core

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CNW7E8 ph value of a sample of the soil ist tested with litmus paper, Germany

Humans

How to analyse your garden soil and choose the plants to suit it

Finding out how acidic or alkaline your soil is means you can select the right plants for it, and maximise their chance of thriving, says Clare Wilson

Tom Gauld on how far a telescope can see

Twisteddoodles: A cat’s observations on birds

Regulars

Humans

Benjamin Franklin’s quest to make farts less malodorous

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

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Does belief confer an evolutionary advantage?

Does Earth鈥檚 magnetic field affect the weather?

This week鈥檚 new questions

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