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Health

The surprising science of coffee and its effect on both body and mind

The latest research on caffeine reveals why coffee and decaf can be so good for your health, but energy drinks can be lethal

Features

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Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right

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Environment

The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse and worse

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Tade Thompson

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Tade Thompson: 'It's like the internet, but for aliens'

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Health

A common low-calorie sweetener raises the risk of blood clotting

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The best new science fiction books of August 2024

Space

The best new science fiction books of August 2024

Culture

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Chemistry

How to make a perfect baked Alaska? It's all about thermodynamics

Regulars

Technology

Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat

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Environment

'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

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Health

Is ultra-processed food unhealthy? Here's why no one can agree

While ultra-processed food is the latest buzzword in nutrition, the scientific evidence for how it affects our health continues to point in different directions. Why can't researchers just tell us the perfect diet?

Analysis

Comment

Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

Culture

Space

Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater

Culture

Mathematics

Physicists figured out the ideal container size for pistachio shells

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The best new science fiction books of July 2024

Culture

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