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Assortment of products with high sugar level like candies, gummy candies, soda, donuts, chocolate, lollipop, wafers and cupcakes on a table.

Health

Your ultimate guide to ultra-processed food – how bad is it really?

Highly processed foods, from pizza to bread, are said to be seriously bad for your health. Here is a digestible guide to what the evidence says, to help you make sense of the conflicting claims

Features

Cooked Chinese mitten crabs piled up on a plate

Life

Edible and delicious Chinese mitten crabs are invading the UK

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Pepper X is one hot chili

Life

Pepper X: The world has a new hottest chilli

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Mind

It takes just 108 milliseconds for our brains to spot food

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Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

Technology

Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

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Environment

Climate change may be improving the quality of Bordeaux wines

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F3875E Slicing into the breast of a freshly roasted chicken in pan with juices

Health

How to make sure your chicken is properly cooked

Regulars

Life

We finally know what makes orange carrots orange

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A 3D-printed sphere dancing in carbonated water

Physics

Raisins and nuts dance in fizzy drinks and now we know why

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plastic bottles

Technology

Plant protein capsules could make it easier to add vitamin D to drinks

Drinks in transparent bottles are difficult to fortify with vitamin D because the supplement breaks down when exposed to UV light, but tiny protein capsules that protect the vitamin could help

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Health

The ultimate guide to hydration and what you really should be drinking

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Chemistry

The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie

Regulars

Technology

Virus ‘nanobots’ can make harmful bacteria in food and drink glow

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Technology

Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice wine a banana taste

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