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- Biodiversity decline will require millions of years to recover https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/environment/biodiversity-decline-will-require-millions-of-years-to-recover/ 247 comments
- Human body-on-chip platform could speed up drug testing https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/research/human-body-on-chip-platform-could-speed-up-drug-testing/ 38 comments
- Anything new on the thorium reactor near Wuwei, Gansu? https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/features/china-shows-us-the-path-to-the-nuclear-future/ 6 comments china
- Rates of depression and anxiety skyrocketed after first lockdown. Before the pandemic, the incidence of diagnosed depression was about 4%, but this increased to 32% during lockdown. Likewise, cases of anxiety represented about 5%, but this value jumped to 31% https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/public-health/rates-of-depression-and-anxiety-skyrocketed-after-first-lockdown/ 44 comments science
- Europe’s division over nuclear power is hurting the climate https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/features/europes-division-over-nuclear-power-is-hurting-the-climate/ 18 comments europe
- German study: Can palm oil-based biofuels reduce greenhouse gas emissions? https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/environment/are-palm-oil-based-biofuels-truly-eco-friendly/ 6 comments europe
- "Twenty-five million people have been left hungry, by Oxfam’s estimate." https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/features/europes-anti-science-plague-descends-on-africa/ 4 comments europe
- Mad as the sea and wind: Wind power in France: a lie and a swindle? https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/redactions-choice/mad-as-the-sea-and-wind-wind-power-in-france-a-lie-and-a-swindle/ 25 comments europe
- Millions of floating islands, clustered together, that convert carbon dioxide to methanol fuel could help reduce the amount of green house gases in the atmosphere, according to researchers from Norway and Switzerland. https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/energy/floating-solar-methanol-islands-for-recycling-co2-into-usable-fuel/ 142 comments science
- The Belgian electricity industry in chaos https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/features/the-belgian-electricity-industry-in-chaos/ 6 comments europe
- Air pollution kills 38000 every year, of which 48000 are French https://www.europeanscientist.com/fr/opinion/pollution-de-lair-38-000-morts-par-an/ 9 comments nottheonion
- Why any law on Fake News will inevitably be harmful https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/features/why-any-law-on-fake-news-will-inevitably-be-harmful/ 3 comments europe