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What can we learn from chimps when it comes to politics and power? Ian Sample…
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The Guardian view on African swine fever: bad for people as well as pigs | Editorial
The current outbreak, linked to smallholders, is likely to affect prices around the world. But…
Philip Hammond won’t tackle the climate crisis. But a Green New Deal would | Molly Scott Cato
The chancellor says we can’t afford to save ourselves. Let’s leave such absurd thinking behind…
Big pharma is denying children like my son vital drugs. So I’ve set up a buyers club | Robert Long
The US company Vertex has put a ludicrous price on a new cystic fibrosis drug….
Dogs mirror stress levels of owners, researchers find
Scientists find higher cortisol levels in owners matched by raised levels in canine companions If…
Brexit has distracted us from the climate disaster awaiting us. Britain must step up | Jake Woodier
A UN climate conference bid could be a perfect catalyst for change – and unify…
Climate crisis and antibiotic use could ‘sink’ fish farming industry – report
Investors’ network warns of serious risk to aquaculture from global heating as well as over-reliance…
Insecure employment for postdoc researchers is leading to bad science
Postdoc researchers like me aren’t considered university employees, even though we’re essential to research. This…
Thousands could perish annually in US if global heating not curbed, study finds
Every year nearly 5,800 people are expected to die in New York, 2,500 in Los…
People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds
Health effects of ingestion of microplastics via food, water and breathing still unknown The average…