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Best of 2019

26 December 2019

  • Food composite - freakshakes, avocado toast, and quay snow eggs.

    Freakshakes, avo and upscale Vegemite: 10 dishes that defined the decade

    From celebrity pork buns to TV star desserts, this is how Australian food looked in the 2010s

18 December 2019

  • 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala Presented By Gucci - Arrivals<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 02: Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves attend the 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala Presented By Gucci on November 02, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

    Why 2019 wasn't all bad: the feelgood stories that warmed our hearts

    The climate crisis, Trump, the death of Grumpy Cat – 2019 had some grim news. But amid the darkness were stories to treasure

9 October 2019

  • Chevron’s Kern River oil field in Bakersfield, California.

    Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions

    New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers

19 September 2019

  • Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide are sent into the atmosphere every year from coal, oil and gas burning.

    The climate crisis explained in 10 charts

    From the rise and rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to possible solutions

26 July 2019

  • Where the Wild Things Are

    Story time: the five children’s books every adult should read

    Children’s books explore hope, fear, failure and love. Katherine Rundell on how the best of them can ignite the imagination of all readers, whatever their age

16 July 2019

  • ‘Dogs respond with an oxytocin surge when interacting with humans ...’

    Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food?

    We dote on our cats and dogs, but is it a one-way relationship? Here’s what science tells us about how to decode their emotions, whether they are avoiding us or getting a little too amorous with our legs

4 July 2019

  • Redwood trees in Guerneville, California.

    Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis

    Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide

29 June 2019

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greta Thunberg.

    When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious'

    One is America’s youngest-ever congresswoman, the other a Swedish schoolgirl. Two of the most powerful voices on the climate speak for the first time

25 June 2019

  • An Indian youth scouts around for mud crabs and snakehead fishes as he walks on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam lake on the outskirts of Chennai on May 21, 2019

    ‘Climate apartheid’: UN expert says human rights may not survive

    Right to life is likely to be undermined alongside the rule of law, special rapporteur says

21 June 2019

  • Pearl Pai poses for a portrait at her home in Berkeley, CA., on Friday, June 7, 2019. Pai, who for years has been sorting her recyclables and garbage, holds a bag of sorted recyclables similar to that of what she used to bring to her local recycling center. She was recently informed that they will no longer accept most of the items that she is used to bringing.

    Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows

    Consumers’ efforts to be eco-friendly go to waste as many communities find themselves with nowhere to send their refuse

17 June 2019

  • Recycling Operations At Material Recovery Facility<br>Discarded plastic bottles made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) are bundled at the York Region Material Recovery Facility (MRF), which collects recyclables from greater Toronto residents and repackages them for further processing by recycling companies, in East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Recycled materials supply supply 40% of global raw materials needs according to the Bureau of International Recycling. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images RECYCLE; RECYCLING AMERICA; AMERICAS CANADA; CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PAPER; PAPERS PLASTIC; PLASTICS ALUMINUM; METALS

    Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret

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    How you're recycling plastic wrong, from coffee cups to toothpaste

16 June 2019

  • The remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after the explosion.

    The truth about Chernobyl? I saw it with my own eyes…

    Kim Willsher reported on the world’s worst nuclear disaster from the Soviet Union. HBO’s TV version only scratches the surface, she says

3 June 2019

  • A homeless woman sits outside downtown Helsinki central station in 2011.

    'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness

    Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally

28 May 2019

  • In America, you may find in a loaf of bread ingredients with industrial applications.

    Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe?

    China, Brazil and members of the EU have weighed the potential risks and outlawed chemicals found in US loaves

22 May 2019

  • Emily Holden wears wristband to measure pollutants<br>WASHINGTON, DC-FEB23:Emily Holden shops at the Whole Foods in their neighborhood in Washington, DC, February 23, 2019. Emily is the environment reporter for The Guardian US and has been wearing a silicone band developed by Oregon State University to measure chemicals from the surrounding environment over time. The wristbands can absorb volatile and semi-volatile compounds directly from the air and enable researchers to correlate location with air pollutants. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein)

    Is modern life poisoning me? I took the tests to find out

    We are exposed to synthetic chemicals in plastics, cosmetics and food every day. Could it be making us toxic? Our environment reporter was tested for over 1,530 chemicals to find out

18 May 2019

  • Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves: ‘Grief and loss, those things don’t ever go away’

    From Bill & Ted’s excellent dude to assassin John Wick, the actor has carved out a stellar career. But it hasn’t come without personal tragedy

6 May 2019

  • Forest clearance in Indonesia.

    Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life

    Scientists reveal one million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report

10 April 2019

  • His life’s work ... Hernando Colón.

    'Extraordinary' 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time

    The Libro de los Epítomes was a catalogue for Hernando Colón’s 16th-century collection, which he intended to be the biggest in the world

28 March 2019

  • white supremacy is seeping into anti racism work, anti racism series

    Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people

    Ijeoma Oluo
    Too often whites at discussions on race decide for themselves what will be discussed, what they will hear, what they will learn. And it is their space. All spaces are
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