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Four simple principles to plan the best city possible

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Four simple principles to plan the best city possible

From the benefits of social living to average walking speed, cities great and small have more in common than you might think, says physicist Luís Bettencourt

Opinion

Look to complexity theory to solve the aid problem

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Look to complexity theory to solve the aid problem

CultureLab

Radioactive acid spill in Australian national park

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Radioactive acid spill in Australian national park

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Zoologger: The mollusc that never forgets a meal

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Zoologger: The mollusc that never forgets a meal

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Species are being lost in a sea of sand

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Species are being lost in a sea of sand

Regulars

Could China combat smog with artificial rain?

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Could China combat smog with artificial rain?

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Bubble-blowing humpback whales grouped by genetics

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Bubble-blowing humpback whales grouped by genetics

Regulars

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Is it time to stop worrying about global warming?

Opinion

How heat from trains and sewers can warm our homes

Technology

How heat from trains and sewers can warm our homes

Analysis

Earth

Human cost of coal in the UK: 1600 lives a year

Pollution from coal-fired power plants can disperse over vast distances – new figures add to the evidence of its disastrous effect on health

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Life

Record ivory seizures point to trafficking rise

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Earth

Arctic storms speed up release of methane plumes

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Earth

Lake clean-up leads to huge bird decline at sanctuary

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Admit it: we can't measure our ecological footprint

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