Her majesty's pirates

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ULSD dearer

High demand for clean diesel in Europe sends its price zooming

Safe disposal

What's cooking?

Methanol can become a low-cost, housewife-friendly fuel

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Sri Lanka firm accuses foreign company of stealing technology

News snippets

Farmers face land crisis

The real magic beans

Drumstick seeds can clarify water up to 99.5 per cent

Asking for help

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Women interrupted

Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline

Spider secrets

Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally

As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support

Science & Technology - Bytes

Germany, Denmark are top performers in Global Green Economy Index

Index measures performance of 60 countries in the global green economy

Ground reality

Animal diversity in the soil mapped for the first time

Well-oiled Swedes

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That's your sink

Economic and social costs of mental ill-health very high: OECD report

Spending on mental healthcare does not meet treatment needs

Furore over seeds

Ecoproposals

Oceans may run out of fish population in 50 years

Fish might die in the next fifty years, or will they?