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Europe means business reeling in pirate fisheries

The European Union, the world's biggest seafood importer, has banned fish from countries that do not police their fisheries


Exxon to disclose extent of its carbon asset exposure

Oil giant Exxon Mobil will reveal how much of its fossil fuel reserves could become worthless if governments cut greenhouse gas emissions


EU emissions cuts could herald climate turning point

The European Union is considering big cuts in greenhouse emissions. If it goes ahead, and other governments follow suit, global temperatures could stabilise


English art show mines global work with local appeal

International artists strike gold in Extraction, an art show in England's coal country


Invisible: Tech to give you animals' amazing eyesightMovie Camera

Do you envy animals' 360-degree vision, night sight or richer perception of colours? We're building gadgets that will give us their powers


Record-breaking atom laser to hunt quantum gravity

The most powerful atom laser yet made could fly to space to look for interactions between quantum mechanics and general relativity


A wild ride through the ocean's strangest creatures

From the immortal jellyfish to death-defying icefish, it's a safari out there in the ocean, say Stephen and Anthony Palumbi in The Extreme Life of the Sea


Invisible: Beyond the invisibility cloakMovie Camera

Merely going unseen won't silence your footsteps or neutralise your body heat. Now researchers are working on true stealth


Data not debris shows Malaysia plane crashed into sea

An analysis of satellite data yielded further clues about the plane's final movements, indicating it went down in the Indian Ocean


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