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The giant magnolia snail was thought to be extinct before living specimens were found in southern Vietnam in 2012. There are ...

I was lucky enough to watch a preview of Ocean with David Attenborough recently. Due for cinema release globally on 8 May ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging ...

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In his series The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson highlights the tension between an unfolding environmental ...

Feedback notes the proliferation of AI company logos, and agrees with one blogger's claim that many bear a striking ...

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This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles ...

A Peruvian farmer's case against energy giant RWE will be decided shortly. But it has already made history, says ...