Rivers don't have borders

After having improved the state of the Rhine, Europe is cleaning up the Danube. A lesson for India

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People take to streets

Self-regulation

Algebra in colours

Lillehammer

One town in Europe has shown how to host a major world sporting event, with all its attendant chaos, and still avoid environmental devastation

Horses caused the ethnic makeup of Eurasia to change: Studies

The Hunnic and Mongol invasions caused people in the region to transform from Indo-European to Turkic speakers

Look who’s watching

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Bacterial flesh-eaters

Jumbo collaboration

Comet snaring

The jigged jaw Puzzle

A new fossils throws open the debate on Homo erectus

Fresh 'n' fruity

Satellites are forever

A new propulsion system helps satellites live longer

Ray of hope

Czech Republic enacts law to combat light pollution menace

Forced development

European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

The unprecedented reforestation event in the Americas led to a reduction of 5 parts per million CO₂ from the atmosphere – only about …

Bone voyage

Russia joined the coloniser's club in 1741 when its Great Northern Expedition discovered Alaska. It remains the most grisly exploration in …

Is it too soon to celebrate Germany’s almost 100% renewable power?

For a few minutes, the entire power demand in the country was met by renewable energy, but the celebration should not begin yet

Google flies in face of privacy rules

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Flowering in concrete jungles

Breaks in particle accelerator

Plastic is good

EC launches from audits