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Issue 11: Nuclear sandboxes

Plus: Why Britain can’t seem to fix its housing market, gene-edited super-rice, and one weird trick to reverse climate change.

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Degrowth and the monkey's paw

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Notes on Progress: A winter's tale

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Issue 10: One word—plastics.

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No great stagnation in home espresso

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