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Is cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch worth the effort?

Efforts are underway to tidy up the ocean's biggest plastic hotspot. But this cleanup operation could be damaging a unique ecosystem and doing little to stop the overwhelming plastic problem

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Two boats from the Ocean Cleanup project collect plastic and garbage from the ocean

Life

Are there really freshwater manatees thriving deep within West Africa?

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2ENH3G9 The latest born West African manatee, left, meets visitors for the first time at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai city, south China's Guangdong province, 19 August 2019. The latest-born West African manatee at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, who is the first born female manatee in China, meet visitors for the first time two months after her birth in Zhuhai city, south China's Guangdong province, 19 August 2019. During the meeting, the manatee chooses her name as Feifei, and interact with present visitors. (Photo by Chen Jimin - Imaginechina/Sipa USA)

Health

We’re finally working out why the Mediterranean diet is so good for us

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Olive oil is a key component of the Mediterranean diet
Meet Christina Koch, who will be the first woman to go to the moon

Space

Meet Christina Koch, who will be the first woman to go to the moon

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Physics

Supernova neutrinos could break physics – if we can make sense of them

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World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

Earth

World's first tunnel to a magma chamber could unleash unlimited energy

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Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?

Mind

Why do people get postnatal anxiety and how can we treat it?

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Health

Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

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Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

Climate change and biodiversity loss may seem like insurmountable problems, but data scientist Hannah Ritchie is cautiously optimistic we can solve them

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Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Do animals dream and if so, what about?

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Humans

Test your brain with this fiendish set of museum-themed puzzles

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Captain Edward Kean stands on his boat in front of an iceberg in Bonavista Bay on June 29, 2019 in Newfoundland, Canada. - Iceberg water, considered pure, is now marketing for a unique sector of high-end products. "We are trying to target the niche market for healthy foods and products," says former fisherman Edward Kean, an iceberg hunter. For 20 years, he has been cruising the North Atlantic aboard his fishing boat to retrieve chunks of ice to melt and sell the water to local traders. Customers include manufacturers of vodka, cider, liquor, beer, cosmetics, but also companies that bottle water. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Arctic cowboys: Meet the people wrangling icebergs for drinking water

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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