At a Helsinki nursery, children spend all day in the forest – how outdoor learning benefits children's health and teaches them to value nature
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Drought and salt tolerant pumpkins grown for food in Bangladesh - potential uses worldwide
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The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there?
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The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
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Can a map of the ocean floor be crowdsourced?
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The blue flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project
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How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist
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Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term
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How donkeys changed the course of human history
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As demand for electric vehicles soars, Stora Enso in Finland has hired engineers to look into the possibility of using lignin, a polymer found in trees, to make batteries
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A new way of storing renewable energy is providing clean heat – the Vatajankoski power plant is home to the world's first commercial-scale sand battery
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Citizen future: Why we need a new story of self and society
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Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why?
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Can gravity batteries solve our energy storage problems?
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The medical power of hypnosis
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The strange appeal of garden lawns
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Bullying can make children's lives a misery and cause lifelong health problems – but scientists are discovering powerful ways to fight it
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For centuries, indigenous groups in north-east India have crafted intricate bridges from living fig trees. Now this ancient skill is making its way to European cities.
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Why insects are more sensitive than they seem
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The name for Britain comes from our ancient love of tattoos
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The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction – cities like Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen are working to clean up one of the world's most high-emission industries
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The hobby with hidden health risks - Even the most basic DIY activities can lead to potentially fatal health conditions without proper protective equipment and training
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How humanity has changed the food it eats
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Esperanto, the invented language that found a second life online
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There are signs the world might be running out of natural rubber. Disease, climate change and plunging global prices have put the world's rubber supplies into jeopardy.
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The battery invented 120 years before its time
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The medications that change who we are
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The woman who is allergic to water
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One of the most robust laws on climate change yet has been created in Denmark – can legislation really make failing to act on climate change illegal?
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The mysterious origins of an uncrackable video game - Atari 2600 game Entombed
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What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision making
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The country disappearing under rising tides
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The 'Sea Nomad' children who see like dolphins
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How modern life is transforming the human skeleton
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The global internet is disintegrating. What comes next?
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The unspoken effect of childbirth
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Why there's so little left of the early internet
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Why humans have evolved to drink milk
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Are we on the road to civilization collapse?
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When it comes to learning a foreign language, we tend to think that children are the most adept. But that may not be the case – and there are added benefits to starting as an adult.
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What can I do about climate change?
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Why we should believe in ghosts
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What is the best age to learn a language?
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The country where unwanted food is selling out
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The amazing fertility of the older mind
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One country's plan to solve the world's hidden health crisis
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The outrageous plan to haul icebergs to Africa
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Why aren't IUDs used more for birth control?
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How China's giant solar farms are transforming world energy
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The forgotten crops that could feed the planet
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