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THE OCEANS Pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, acidification: our oceans are under threat as never before. So how can we protect them?

60 A HISTORY OF

DANGEROUS IDEAS We talk to Adam Pearson about his new BBC series on eugenics.

78 T HE MYSTERIES

OF SLEEP Scientists aren’t sure why we need sleep, but we do! And that’s just one of many things we don’t yet understand about our nightly kip…

83 WHAT I F… WE J U S T

F ORGOT ABOUT FASHION? The environmental impact of the fashion industry is huge. Would we be er o if we just ditched fashion entirely?

78 THE MYSTERIES OF SLEEP

83 WHAT IF… WE JUST FORGOT ABOUT FASHION?

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“Nothing’s the end of the world. I crushed it and my kids are going to crush it”

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