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Call obesity a disease and food a pathological agent? No thanks

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Call obesity a disease and food a pathological agent? No thanks

There is a rising trend to label obesity as a disease and even to liken tempting food to a pathogen. That's very unhelpful, says Lara Williams

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Life

My vertical underwater farming can restore the seas

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Health

Hungry stomach hormone promotes growth of new brain cells

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Robin on a nest

Life

Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner’s food cravings

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Health

Is taking sugar out of food as difficult as industry says it is?

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Life

Mice lived with us 15,000 years ago even before farming took off

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Chimp holds banana in its mouth

Life

Putting bigger brains down to our social nature is half-baked

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Technology

Virtual lemonade sends colour and taste to a glass of water

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Earth

7 foods you should avoid to help feed the world

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Earth

Tomorrow's menu: Termites, grass and synthetic milk

The population is set to rise by 2.5 billion in three decades. We have plenty of ingenious ideas about how to keep us all fed, but will they be too tough to swallow?

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Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Life

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

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Health

That faddish gluten-free diet may be raising your diabetes risk

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Health

Good hydrations: Are health drinks healthy?

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