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Religion
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Could biofuels meet demand for global aviation?
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How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years?
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Bioenergy and Biofuels
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Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
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Medicine and Biotechnology
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Top of the Charts: our most popular work in 2025
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Almost all of the world’s mammal biomass is humans and livestock
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Just ten species make up almost half the weight of all wild mammals on Earth
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The end of progress against extreme poverty?
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Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?
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Introducing our new, more powerful search
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Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit?
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Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
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Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year
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How Wolbachia bacteria could help us tackle some of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases
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Britain built some of the safest roads
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Hannah Ritchie has a new book about tackling climate change coming out on September 18th
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