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Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food
German yellowjacket wasps alert each other to food by drumming their abdomens against the nest wall, in a wasp equivalent of the famous honeybee “waggle dance”
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Earth
Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage
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Earth
Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef
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One year until Brexit: 7 big issues that must be solved
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Bottled water is bad – but microplastics aren’t the reason
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Lab-grown pet food promises a wholesome vegan lifestyle for dogs
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Earth
These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes
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Health
Being in a relationship really does seem to make you fatter
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Health
England needs to go on a diet, but new calorie plan won’t work
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Don’t hate all processed foods – they make modern life possible
There's a danger that if society condemns all processed food as bad then research into its many potential benefits will be hampered, warns Nicola Temple
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Technology
Knife-wielding robot makes it a piece of cake to divide dessert
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The truth about what downing energy drinks really does to kids
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It’s time to label all meat as stunned or unstunned at slaughter
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The unpalatable truth about your favourite foods
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