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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?

Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.

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The big freeze

In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.

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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic

Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.

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  • John Taylor, mining engineer and geologist. Lithograph after T. Lawrence.
  • John Taylor, mining engineer and geologist. Lithograph by J.A. Vinter after S. Hodges.
  • John Taylor, mining engineer and geologist. Mezzotint by Charles Turner, 1831, after T. Lawrence.
  • A geologist in a cave trips over a stone; two women and a man holding a candle in the background. Etching, ca. 1870.
  • M0006695: Portrait of William Hellier Baily (1819-1888)
  • Women visiting a beach to enjoy geological collecting, study, sewing and other worthy activities. Chromolithograph after John Leech, 1865.
  • The history of the Geological Society of London / by Horace B. Woodward.
  • René-Just Haüy and his brother Valentin. Engraving by A. Boilly after J. Boilly.
  • Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Photograph after C. Silvy.
  • Mary Kingdon Heslop. Photograph by the Press Photographic Agency.
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