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Food and drink

Environment

Exclusive: Spray-on gene editing could make genetic modification easy

Genetically modifying plants could soon be almost as easy as spraying them with water. A new technique involving nanoparticles could have a wide variety of uses

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Environment

Brexit ideas of UK food self-sufficiency are just pipe dreams

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Health

Choline: The forgotten vital nutrient we’re not getting enough of

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Health

Will a ban on snacking on public transport really help combat obesity?

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Health

Takeaway food packaging may be source of synthetic chemicals in blood

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Earth

Volcanoes and Wine: Why a match made in hell tastes like heaven

Culture
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Environment

Plastic tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles into the cup

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Life

City crows may have high cholesterol because they eat fast food

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Life

Don’t miss: Curative comedy, cultural copies and an unlikely fish diet

Culture
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Technology

How to make a BBQ thermometer with a BBC micro:bit

With a BBC micro:bit and a temperature sensor, you can make a device that tells you when your food is perfectly cooked

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Technology

Why genetically modified ‘golden rice’ failed to conquer the world

Regulars

Environment

Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?

News

Technology

Awkward truths about Boris Johnson’s praise for UK science and tech

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Mind

Don’t Miss: future food, altered mental states and healing minds

Culture