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Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

Health

Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

There is a persistent claim that eating celery burns more calories than it contains, but the truth is a little more complicated, writes James Wong

Comment

Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

Physics

Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

News

Glass bridge

Technology

Should you worry about glass bridges after one shattered in China?

Analysis

Pile of old computers

Environment

The EU may make recycling e-waste a legal requirement – will it work?

Analysis

pasta

Technology

Flat pasta that morphs into 3D shapes when cooked saves on packaging

News

Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

Physics

Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

News

(Left to right) Shamier Anderson, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim and Toni Collette in Stowaway

Space

Stowaway review: A claustrophobic and philosophical space thriller

Culture

Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

Humans

Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

Culture

blue ice cream

Chemistry

New kind of blue found in cabbage could replace synthetic food dye

News

How to tenderise meat with mouth-watering marinades

Life

How to tenderise meat with mouth-watering marinades

Tasty and tender meat takes a good marinade. Testing theories behind them in the kitchen shows that it’s a trickier than it seems – but there is a clear winner, says Sam Wong

Regulars

Life

Not so vanilla: The mission to spice up our favourite flavour

Features

Humans

British legal deeds were once written on sheepskin to prevent fraud

News

Humans

How to make fabulous pizza using slow science

Regulars

Technology

The One review: What happens when a DNA test reveals your true love?

Culture

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