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Earth

The Oracle of Oil: The man who predicted peak oil

M. King Hubbert was a smart geologist with canny ideas about oil that no one listened to at the time. Can a fascinatingly flawed book rescue his legacy?

Culture

A planned CO2-sucking demonstration plant

Earth

First commercial carbon-capture plant set to open in Switzerland

News

Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture

Life

Orcas are first non-humans whose evolution is driven by culture

News

Trump on a podium, with his hilarious hair

Earth

Trump would deliver fatal blow to fight against climate change

Comment

video games

Humans

Can video games really create new knowledge?

Culture

UK's first fracking since 2011 may not be as bad as feared

Earth

UK's first fracking since 2011 may not be as bad as feared

News

Ancient pot beer funnel

Humans

5000-year-old beer-brewing kit found in China

News

Two snub-nosed monkeys in a tree, one slumped against a branch

Life

Monkey seen caring for dying mate then grieving after she dies

News

A sign infront of a shelf of cold medicine reads:

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Breaking bad sniffles: Crystal meth made cold medicine rubbish

News

Someone holds a bowl of a cocoa drink

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Can food get you high? We try a meal of psychoactive substances

New Scientist is invited to a meal cooked up to expose the flaws in an upcoming UK law intended to ban all psychoactive substances

Culture

Life

Jungle tales: the real King Louie was the biggest ape of all

Features

Life

UK's harbour porpoise strandings linked to rising starvation

News

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Sewage reveals crystal meth use has doubled in Australia

News

Life

Gigantopithecus: The story of the greatest of the great apes

Features

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