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Por Eduardo Miranda
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How did mammals come to rule the world?

About 325 million years ago, when Britain sat near the equator as part of the supercontinent...

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From the archive: Will Silicon Valley help us live to 200 and beyond? – podcast

‘In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.’ While Benjamin...

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From the archive: what are the hidden costs of our obsession with fish oil pills?

They may be one of the world’s favourite supplements but, according to a study from earlier this...

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From the archive: Are western lifestyles causing a rise in autoimmune diseases?

Could the food we eat and the air we breathe be damaging our immune systems? The number of people...

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From the archive: Why are climate and conservation scientists taking to the streets?

In early April this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report...

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James Lovelock and the legacy of his Gaia hypothesis

James Lovelock, the creator of the Gaia hypothesis, died last Tuesday on his 103rd birthday....

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Is it time for a complete overhaul of car wreck rescue techniques?

For decades, the absolute priority when rescuing victims after traffic accidents has been to...

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Which Tory leadership candidate is the ‘greenest’?

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have clashed on a number of issues as they battle to become the next...

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Learning how to cope with ‘climate doom’

The impacts of the climate crisis are undeniably here. Heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and...

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Have Biden’s climate pledges just been killed off?

US president Joe Biden campaigned on climate issues, but recent events may have sounded a death...

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‘Falling from the sky in distress’: the deadly bird flu outbreak sweeping the world

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is sweeping across the world, killing millions of birds. In...

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James Webb space telescope: thousands of galaxies in a grain of sand

This week, Nasa unveiled the first images from the James Webb space telescope – much awaited...

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Why have Australian honeybees been put into lockdown? Podcast

The varroa mite, a deadly honeybee parasite, has finally found its way into Australia. Varroa...

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Roe v Wade: why vasectomies are no answer to abortion restrictions

The US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade will have a significant impact on the...

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New Covid wave: Is this what ‘living with covid’ looks like?

The UK is yet again facing a wave of Covid infections, with cases soaring by more than half a...

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Is polio in our sewage as worrying as it sounds?

Last week, public health officials declared a ‘national incident’ after they found...

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Shitcoins: are pointless cryptocurrencies a scam or a gamble?

When the Guardian’s UK technology editor Alex Hern was contacted on Twitter to ask if he was...

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Rewilding with wolves: can they help rebuild ecosystems?

After wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone national park in 1995, researchers noticed some big...

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Seagrass meadows: can we rewild one of the world’s best carbon sinks?

They support an incredible array of biodiversity and may also be some of the world’s most...

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How Google’s chatbot works – and why it isn’t sentient

Last week an engineer at Google claimed that an AI chatbot he worked with, known as LaMDA, had...

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