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Biologist E.O. Wilson with models of his life’s greatest subject, ants.

Life

E. O. Wilson: Extraordinary scholar who warned of biodiversity crisis

Naturalist and ant expert Edward O. Wilson, who died on 26 December, made at least five seminal contributions to ecology and was passionate about finding a more sustainable way for humans to live on Earth

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My encounter with a different and deeply mysterious kind of corona

Space

My encounter with a different and deeply mysterious kind of corona

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In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice

Environment

In this pivotal year, rich nations failed woefully on climate justice

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The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

Life

The major science-fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong

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2021 was the year cryptocurrencies went completely off the rails

Technology

2021 was the year cryptocurrencies went completely off the rails

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cigarette butts

Health

Will New Zealand's smoking ban plan work if it ignores vaping?

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Thousands of people march though Central London, UK, on Earth Day on 22 April 2017 to protest against what they see as a threat to experts, evidence and investment in science. Protesters assembled at the Science Museum and marched to Parliament Square. The march, a worldwide event, supports science and evidence-based research and was organized in opposition to Donald Trump's environmental and energy policies. (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Humans

We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

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Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic could help us reduce cyberbullying

Humans

Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic could help us reduce cyberbullying

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Plastic food packaging gets a bad rap, but does it always deserve it?

Environment

Plastic food packaging gets a bad rap, but does it always deserve it?

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Close up CCTV security camera with blur of traffic jam in the background

Technology

Our global agreement on AI could reduce bias and surveillance

Nearly 200 countries have signed up to UNESCO's agreement on the ethics of artificial intelligence. This could help make the technology fairer for all, says Gabriela Ramos

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Technology

Tech companies don’t get science fiction – and that's deeply troubling

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Humans

Why maths should move on from the ancient Greeks

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Environment

COP26 could never be a true success without delivering climate justice

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Environment

Our AI is exposing climate misinformation throughout COP26

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