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Environment

Fatbergs: Everything you wanted to know but were too disgusted to ask

Huge lumps of fat and waste keep appearing in sewers, particularly in the UK – are fatbergs really on the rise, or are we just paying more attention?

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Health

The war against antibiotic resistance is finally turning in our favour

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Technology

China is showing the rest of the world how to build a cashless society

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Technology

AI could make it impossible for artists and novelists to make a living

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Mind

How best to talk to your science-denying relatives this Christmas

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Technology

Bitcoin's price is plummeting – will the cryptocurrency survive?

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Tonnes of food are thrown away daily – could meal kits be the answer?

Environment

Tonnes of food are thrown away daily – could meal kits be the answer?

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Environment

Green Christmas: How to have an ethical and guilt-free festive season

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Environment

Are disposable nappies really so terrible for the environment?

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Technology

The race to green domestic heating and prevent climate catastrophe

Household heating systems are huge sources of carbon emissions, but many countries are showing how existing technologies can fix the problem

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Health

How worrying is it that more and more teens are using e-cigarettes?

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Environment

There's little doubt we're to blame for hurricanes getting worse

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Environment

Banning cars in major cities would rapidly improve millions of lives

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Health

Why plans to achieve zero suicides might actually be counterproductive

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