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    Understanding the Natural World

    Special discussion at New Scientist Live 2017 on nature and the state of our planet

  2. Mexican Earthquake

    Why is Mexico so susceptible to Earthquakes?

  3. Hurricanes and Global Warming

    Does the number and intensity of this year鈥檚 hurricanes have any link to global warming?

  4. North Korean Nuclear Bombs

    What we know and don鈥檛 know about North Korea鈥檚 nuclear programme

  5. Forecasting Hurricane Harvey

    How good are we at predicting extreme weather events?

  6. Preventing Flood Damage in South Asia

    Floods in Asia have killed over 800 people. How can we prevent such casualties in future?

  7. The Algae that Changed the Earth

    Three billion years ago, life was suddenly transformed and plants and animals took over

  8. Risk of Lethal Heat Waves

    As Europe endures a heat wave, study predicts future heat-related deaths will increase.

  9. Gene Editing Human Embryos

    Using gene editing to 鈥榝ix鈥� gene implicated in heritable heart disease.

  10. The Biggest Explosions in the Universe

    The biggest explosions in the Universe captured in unprecedented detail

  11. Plastic Planet

    Quantifying all our plastic waste reveals a large, and growing, environmental problem.

  12. Caterpillar Cannibals

    Tomato plants can make caterpillars resort to cannibalism

  13. Restricting Traffic in Jakarta

    Measuring traffic in Jakarta, shows the high occupancy vehicle policy actually worked.

  14. Neonicotinoids Harm Bees

    Prolonged exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides harms wild bees and honeybees

  15. Why Bird Eggs are not all 鈥楨gg-shaped鈥�

    Surprising evolutionary pressures on the shape of bird eggs

  16. The Quantum Space Age Takes Off

    A Chinese satellite mission brings us one step closer to unbreakable encryption

  17. Oldest Homo Sapiens Found

    A discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens remains shakes up ideas of human evolution

  18. More Gravitational Waves Detected

    Gravitational waves detected from two massive black holes colliding 3 billion years ago

  19. Giant Hurricanes at Jupiter鈥檚 Poles

    Unprecedented insights into Jupiter鈥檚 atmosphere are provided by NASA鈥檚 Juno spacecraft.

  20. African Astronomers Recycle Old Telecoms Dishes

    Ghana鈥檚 first radio telescope, built from an old telecommunication dish, is up and running

  21. A Strangely-Formed Exoplanet

    Atmospheric elements in a distant exoplanet hints at an unusual planet formation

  22. Counting Birds from Space

    For the first time, individual albatrosses can be monitored from satellites

  23. The Earliest North Americans

    Can a few broken bones and some rocks be evidence of North Americans 130,000 years ago?

  24. How to Survive Without Air

    The naked mole-rat shows off its breath taking super-powers

  25. Enceladus: Could this moon harbour life?

    The Cassini spacecraft finds hydrogen on Saturn鈥檚 most famous moon

  26. When Britain First Ripped Away from Europe

    Underwater geology reveals how 450,000 years ago Britain tore away from Europe

  27. Martian Atmosphere Blew Away

    Direct measurement of the Martian atmosphere shows it was lost in space due to solar wind

  28. Most Complicated Earthquake Ever Observed

    Satellite data reveals the complexity of New Zealand鈥檚 November 2016 earthquake

  29. Volcanic Hydrogen Redefines the Habitable Zone

    Hydrogen from volcanoes may mean previously dismissed exoplanets are habitable

  30. Unravelling the Mysteries of the Lut Desert

    The Lut Desert in Iran is the hottest place on Earth, yet there is water and life there

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