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Beetroot for AIDS: Fighting denialism in Mbeki’s South Africa

HIV researcher and doctor Glenda Gray worked through the dark days of Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism. In an era of fake news and climate scepticism, her story has lessons for us all

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Renewables are picking up

Earth

CO₂ emissions from energy remain flat for third year running

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Babies born prematurely react different to touch

Life

Premature babies’ brains respond differently to gentle touching

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Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

A poster with Donals Trump as a child in Vladimir Putin's arms with the text

Earth

Scott Pruitt's climate denial may be Putin's real prize

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Blue whale skeleton on display in a museum

Life

The blue whale story: Meet the giant in all its glory

Culture

baby crying

Health

Why overzealous breastfeeding advice can be bad for babies

Analysis

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

Life

Ebola vaccine promising in chimps but may never be used

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Green thinking in the era of Trump

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True's beaked whale

Life

First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

The deep-water whale spends most of its life on hour-long dives kilometres below the ocean surface. The new footage is a step towards understanding them better

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Brighter sky helped boost US crop yields – but it may not last

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UK’s CO₂ emissions lowest since 19th century as coal use falls

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Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

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Artificial embryo grown in a dish from two types of stem cells

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