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food science

Robot farmhands prepare to invade the countryside

Earth

Robot farmhands prepare to invade the countryside

They have long ruled supreme on the factory floor, now robots that can keep an eye on farmers' crops and livestock promise to make agriculture greener and more efficient

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Earth

Human fishing spree goes back 1000 years

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What string theory is really good for

Space

What string theory is really good for

Features

Review: <i>The End of Overeating</i>

Health

Review: The End of Overeating

Books & Arts

Review: <i>An Edible History of Humanity</i> by Tom Standage

Earth

Review: An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage

Books & Arts

Quantum poker: Are the chips down or not?

Technology

Quantum poker: Are the chips down or not?

Features

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Life

Quantum arguments for God veer into mumbo-jumbo

Comment

Farmers' crops keeping US cool

Earth

Farmers' crops keeping US cool

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Health

Remember facts by cramming with fat

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Early domestic animals were surprisingly well bred

Life

Early domestic animals were surprisingly well bred

They may not have known about genetics and Darwinism, but our ancestors knew how to drive the evolution of once-wild beasts to serve their own needs

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Technology

Quantum computers get commercial – and hackable

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Life

Ancestors may have used bone tools to make smoothies

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Technology

'Hidden photons' to send secret emails through Earth

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Health

Anorexia linked to 'autistic' thinking

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