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Chemistry

Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

Researchers have reproduced the entire biochemical pathway for how coca plants make cocaine in another plant, which could help people manufacture the drug for scientific study

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A baby in a neonatal intensive care unit is held by its mother

Health

Immediate skin-to-skin contact advised for premature newborns by WHO

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Environment

Dismissing environmentalists with an 'anti-growth' label is wrong

Comment

Smoking chimney of a coal power plant

Environment

Greenhouse gas levels have hit yet another record – here's why

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The mucus in cows' salivary glands may have anti-viral properties

Health

Personal lubricant made from cow mucus may protect against HIV

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Gas leak at Nord Stream 2 as seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark September 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Forsvaret Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC2PPW947RTC

Environment

Nord Stream leak may have been largest methane emission ever recorded

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US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

Society

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

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How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

Health

How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

Features

Methane from a Nord Stream pipeline leak bubbling to the surface in the Baltic Se

Environment

Nord Stream pipes leaked 'enormous' amount of methane into atmosphere

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Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has been linked to a decline in the proportion of male babies being born, in line with previous findings that fewer boys are born after population-wide stressful events

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Environment

Satellite uses sun reflections to detect offshore methane leaks

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Humans

Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe suffer mysterious leaks

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Environment

Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion

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Life

Web of blood vessels helps protect whales’ brains while swimming

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