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Environment

Cutting air pollution could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent

Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent

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A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Mathematics

A rethink of cause and effect could help when things get complicated

Features

Harvest mice (Micromys minutus)

Life

Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males

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A dolphin rubs against medicinal coral

Video

Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

Video

Pregnant Woman Smoking E Cigarette

Health

Vaping may be an effective way to quit smoking during pregnancy

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Bottlenose dolphins being fed

Life

Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers

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Boston - March 6: People hold a banner reading Stand with Ukraine! Stop buying Russian oil as they take part in a Peace March for Ukraine from Copley Square to Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common in Boston on March 6, 2022. The protests marked the second straight Sunday people have marched through Boston, as Russias invasion of its neighbor entered its 11th day. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Environment

How the war in Ukraine will change the way the world uses energy

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Dryopithecus

Humans

Family tree of extinct apes reveals our early evolutionary history

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Mother Care. Unrecognizable mom holding newborn baby on her laps

Health

RSV vaccine in pregnancy lowers antibiotic use in babies

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A worker walks under pipework in the yard at the Comprehensive Gas Treatment Unit No.3 of the Gazprom PJSC Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field, a resource base for the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, in the Lensk district of the Sakha Republic, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Amid record daily swings of as much as 40% in European gas prices, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a calculated intervention to cool the market last week by saying Gazprom can boost supplies to help ease shortages. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

EU lays out plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds in 2022

The EU launched a new energy strategy to reduce the use of Russian gas imports just as the UK announced it would phase out such imports, and the US imposed a ban as well

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Life

Fossil hints that orcas don’t have a long history of killing whales

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Environment

Net zero: The UK is building its last big gas power plant

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Health

Health Check newsletter: A U-turn in Caesarean policy

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Health

Omega-3 supplements could reduce the number of premature births

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