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We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation

As misinformation about the upcoming US elections rockets across social media, creating chaos, companies need to be honest about where this content is coming from, says Annalee Newitz

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

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Virtual People with Neuron Symbols in The Brain

Health

We will one day be able to slow, halt and even eradicate Alzheimer's

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Never mind the health benefits, there are green reasons to stop vaping

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How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

Environment

How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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How shrinking populations could help to save our planet

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

Space

Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope

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2MJA8ED FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2015, file photo, the slogan 1.5 DEGREES is projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Next month's three-day U.N. climate summit will highlight the urgency of taking immediate actions to reduce global warming and focus on innovations that work, not wordy statements, the U.N. special envoy for the event said Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Environment

The 1.5°C target is dead, but climate action needn't be

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A colourised, microscopic image of a 4.4 billion-year-old zircon

Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

Life

If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

This week, we journey to the early 2030s, when machine learning first allowed us to communicate with sperm whales. Rowan Hooper tells us what they have to say

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Environment

The crisis in our oceans shows how quickly climate chaos can strike

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Technology

Don't disrespect Alan Turing by reanimating him with AI

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Space

Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point

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Life

The science is clear: repeatedly whipping a horse won't help it learn

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