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Environment

Seaweed could save a billion people from famine after a nuclear war

A nuclear war could lead to food shortages due to soot blocking out the sun, but a model suggests seaweed farming could expand to meet up to 15 per cent of the food eaten by humans

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The Iceland Ocean Cluster House

Environment

How an Icelandic scheme aims to use fish entirely and eliminate waste

Comment

Health

Kimchi and artisan cheeses can contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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The top 10 movies about the multiverse according to a physicist

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The top 10 movies about the multiverse according to a physicist

Culture

Life

Guinness yeasts are genetically unique among Irish beers

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Why we should all be concerned about the shortage of science teachers

Physics

Why we should all be concerned about the shortage of science teachers

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Fire Ants Floating in Flood Water

Life

Fire ants form rafts that have weird properties when stretched

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Technology

AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium

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Olive oil is a key component of the Mediterranean diet

Health

We’re finally working out why the Mediterranean diet is so good for us

Features

Falling diamonds on black background

Space

It might rain diamonds on more than 1900 exoplanets across the galaxy

It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets, which means that it might rain diamonds on up to a third of the planets we have discovered so far

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Environment

Animal bones ground into an edible paste could help reduce food waste

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Comment

Why I explored the corrupting power of tech billionaires in The Future

Culture

Comment

Read an extract from The Future by Naomi Alderman

Culture

Chemistry

Notoriously complex material called 'plumber's nightmare' created

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