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Roast potatoes

Health

Are potatoes now a cancer risk? Here's what you need to know

A UK health campaign is taking aim at a substance found in starchy foods cooked at high temperatures. But what exactly is the case against acrylamide?

News

Grey fox

Life

Foxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent

News

A single French fry on a paper plate with plastic cutlery beside it

Health

Calorie restriction diet extends life of monkeys by years

News

Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

News

meat

Life

Make your own meat with open-source cells – no animals necessary

Insight

Antibacterials are added to some soaps, detergents, skincare products and household cleaner

Health

What are antibacterial agents and should we avoid using them?

Features

Plane sprays crops

Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

News

Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

News

Shopping bill

Health

It’s time to bust the myth that a healthy diet has to be costly

Comment

Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

Health

Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

Significant health improvements from a planned UK tax on sugary drinks have been predicted in a study. Hopefully they will come to pass, says Paul Aveyard

Comment

Technology

Old Scientist: How to get drunk rationally

Regulars

Life

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

Features

Humans

Ancient leftovers show the real Paleo diet was a veggie feast

News

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Culture