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Health

The surprising truth about the health benefits of snacking

We get about a quarter of our calories from snacks and new research shows that this isn't necessarily bad for us. Done right, snacking can boost our health

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Health

Do certain foods suppress inflammation and help you live longer?

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Health

Could when you eat be as important as what you eat?

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in her laboratory in 1912, the year after she received here second Nobel prize, this time for chemistry. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Physics

Rich biography of Marie Curie shows how she helped women into science

Culture

Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it

Environment

Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it

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Readers deserve better from popular science books

Society

Readers deserve better from popular science books

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Technology

Human scientists are still better than AI ones – for now

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Perfect caramel sauce

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How to make the perfect caramel sauce with Bake Off's Josh Smalley

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Space

Astronauts could one day end up eating asteroids

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Life

Ants can be used to make yogurt – and now we know how it works

A traditional yogurt-making practice from south-eastern Europe uses live ants as a starter, with the insects providing the bacteria and acid needed to initiate fermentation

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Society

Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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The best new science fiction books of October 2024

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Environment

Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil – and the healthiest

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Chemistry

The chemistry behind making a perfect caramel sauce

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