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Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

Technology

Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

A secure quantum link has been created between two Chinese cities, allowing researchers to send entangled photons more than 500 kilometres using a relay hub in the middle that doesn't need to be trusted

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Calories on food packets are wrong – it's time to change that

Health

Calories on food packets are wrong – it's time to change that

Comment

We are witnessing an accelerated shift in how people view food

Health

We are witnessing an accelerated shift in how people view food

Comment

We Are Satellites review: What brain implants could do to family life

Humans

We Are Satellites review: What brain implants could do to family life

Culture

How to make ice cream with no freezer, just ice and salt

Humans

How to make ice cream with no freezer, just ice and salt

Regulars

Helen Mirren

Technology

Solos review: Star-studded sci-fi that is let down by the material

Culture

Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

Health

Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

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

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pasta

Technology

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

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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

We mostly tell textures apart by their surface characteristics, but now we know that the human fingertip can sense molecular changes, even if it’s just a single swapped atom

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Space

Stowaway review: A claustrophobic and philosophical space thriller

Culture

Humans

Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

Culture

Chemistry

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

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Life

How to tenderise meat with mouth-watering marinades

Regulars

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