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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

Environment

Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids. Innovative solutions are poised to turn the crisis around

Features

Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

Health

Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

Features

Health

Human milk could help fight infections that endanger pregnancies

News

Electron micrograph of the HIV pathogen

Health

Human trials point the way towards an mRNA vaccine against HIV

News

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

Health

How to harness your body clock for a longer, healthier life

Features

Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

Health

Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic

Comment

Illustration depicting runners on a track

Health

Rapid bursts of ageing are causing a total rethink of how we grow old

Features

Health

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

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Life

Orcas scrub each other clean with bits of kelp

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Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

Rocks in some parts of the UK have the potential to produce natural hydrogen, but it remains unclear whether the gas is present in economically viable quantities

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Health

Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise

Analysis

Health

Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking drug's entry to brain

News

Health

Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment for preterm birth

News

Environment

A clean energy source may be lurking beneath mountain ranges

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