Conservation
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The Week Unwrapped: Should we send fewer women to prison?
Podcast Plus will fungi get their own kingdom, and what is Meta doing with facial recognition?
By The Week Staff Published
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The fight for fungi
Under the Radar The UK and Chile leading push for fungi to be placed on the same level as flora and fauna in global conservation efforts
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Chimpanzees are dying of human diseases
Under the radar Great apes are vulnerable to human pathogens thanks to genetic similarity, increased contact and no immunity
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Good news stories from 2023
In Depth Huge strides have been made in medicine and science, and records broken in women's sports and conservation
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Britain's new coins, inspired by King Charles III
In Pictures Royal Mint unveils eight designs reflecting the King's love of nature
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: fat-busting jabs, Fox’s ‘fake’ news and saving oceans
podcast Are weight-loss ‘wonder drugs’ really so wonderful? Should we care if political pundits are parroting bogus claims? And why is a new high seas treaty making waves?
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Inside the multimillion-dollar plan to bring back extinct Tasmanian tiger
In Depth Some critics say bid to achieve first ‘de-extinction event’ is just ‘fairytale science’
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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‘Large Scottish man’ flashes Joe Biden
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
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The Week Unwrapped: Clinical injustice, wireless power and pandas
podcast Why do so many clinical trials exclude women? Will we soon be free of power cables? And is panda fertility finally on the rise?
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Botswana investigating mysterious sudden deaths of 350 elephants
Speed Read Experts fear unexplained mass die-off may be result of unknown pathogen
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Why New Zealand has banned swimming with bottlenose dolphins
Speed Read Marine mammals are being loved into extinction by affectionate tourists
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Conservationists fight to save 2,000 baby flamingos evacuated from dried-out dam
In Depth The birds are being hand-reared by volunteers around Cape Town
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Australian heatwave: bats falling out of trees as temperatures near 50C
Speed Read Ecologist warns that bats are the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for effects of climate change on wildlife
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Six decapitated baby seals found in New Zealand
In Depth ‘Disturbing, brutal and violent’ crime reported to the police by New Zealand Department of Conservation
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