Reports and Studies
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‘Nature designed it to bend’: The bamboo buildings that sway in earthquakes
As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it’s being used to try…
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Why tequila depends on Mexico’s bats
Conservationists and communities are planting thousands of agave plants to protect endangered bats, as well as the future of Mexico’s…
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Hurricane Melissa leaves roads and homes flooded in Cuba
Hurricane Melissa left roads and homes flooded in Cuba on Wednesday, after the downgraded but still major storm made landfall…
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Most countries fail to submit new climate pledges ahead of summit
Only 64 countries have submitted new plans to cut carbon, the UN says, despite all being required to do so…
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‘The sound completely changes’: To electrify boats, make them fly
Born from a desire to make boats go faster, today the hydrofoil is being revived as a cleaner form of…
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Why the Dutch embrace floating homes
Faced with worsening floods and a shortage of housing, the Netherlands is seeing growing interest in floating homes. These floating…
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‘Brothers in the forest’ – the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe
Tomas Anez Dos Santos was working in a small clearing in the Peruvian Amazon, when he heard footsteps approaching in…
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Joseph Banks: the man who collected the world
He made his name on a voyage around the world alongside Captain James Cook, before becoming a friend of King…
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German police seize fake Picassos in multi-million euro forgery raid
Bavarian police have seized millions of euros worth of forged art claiming to show works by Picasso, Rembrandt and Kahlo…
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South Korea’s fishermen keep dying. Is climate change to blame?
Hong Suk-hui was waiting on the shore of South Korea’s Jeju Island when the call came. His fishing boat had…
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