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Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't

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Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't

This aquatic drone can crawl down abandoned pits to get the treasure that’s too dangerous for humans to reach, which may mean a future with fewer new mines

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Front cover of Iranian newspaper reporting Trump's decision

Humans

Trump’s U-turn may see Iran join North Korea as a nuclear state

Analysis

Penney

Technology

The blushing Englishman who stole nuclear secrets from the US

Features

Energy from evaporating water could rival wind and solar

Earth

Energy from evaporating water could rival wind and solar

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AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

Technology

AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

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chess

Earth

The nuclear stalemate is crumbling – what are our options?

Leader

mining

Earth

Our terrifying energy future leaves us with uncertainties

Culture

nuclear missile artwork

Technology

The new nuclear race: Why North Korea isn’t the real story

Features

solar panels in China

Technology

Why China's green ambitions will make it the next world leader

Insight

epicentre of recent seismic activity in North Korea

Humans

Can the US really nuke North Korea without starting a world war?

US defence officials are starting to signal a willingness to use nuclear weapons against North Korea on a limited scale. Unsurprisingly, that’s a bad idea

Analysis

Technology

Failed electric buses remind us that roads not taken do matter

Leader

Technology

Seismic tests hint North Korea’s nuke is its first hydrogen bomb

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Technology

Thorium could power the next generation of nuclear reactors

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Technology

Twisted carbon nanotubes harness waste energy and put it to work

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