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

Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use up to 10 per cent fewer beans to make a cup just as flavoursome

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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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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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Life

Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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Space

NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

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Society

Are Trump's cuts to science the end of the endless frontier?

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Chemistry

Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry

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Mathematics

This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome

Adam Kucharski's new book Proof is a life raft in a sea of fake news and misinformation

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Technology

Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

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Health

Adding extra protein to ultra-processed foods helps reduce overeating

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Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Features

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Rediscover The OA, a TV show with echoes of late director David Lynch

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