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T8GENK Fresh new potatoes on wooden background. Solanum tuberosum

Life

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!

A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste, says Michael Le Page

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A machine that delivers nutrient-rich liquid inside artificial chicken fibres

Environment

Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using artificial capillaries

News

California-Cultured-Cell-Chocolate. Shaker process

Environment

Inside the mouth-watering race to master lab-grown chocolate

Features

Physics

How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to science

News

Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar

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Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar

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Life

Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables

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Chemistry

Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry

News

Fast food

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Adding extra protein to ultra-processed foods helps reduce overeating

News

Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors

Technology

Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors

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Mind

Why we may crave dessert even when we are full from dinner

In mice, the neurons that dictate the feeling of being full are also the ones that cause sugar cravings, potentially explaining why people are still able to eat sweets after a filling meal

News

Physics

The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hour to cook

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Golden oyster mushrooms may stave off signs of ageing

News

Physics

Physicists discover the secret to perfect cacio e pepe pasta

News

Life

Nerve-racking tale of reviving wild cocoa to make amazing chocolate

Culture

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