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Scientific truth doesn't exist – but we must still strive for answers

Even in physics, there is no such thing as truth. We should carry on trying to categorise the world, though, providing we realise that it sometimes resists such efforts

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African swine fever helps drive world food prices to two-year high

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Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films

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Rapping STEM: A musical guide to science and technology

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Rapping STEM: A musical guide to science and technology

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How can we feed 11 billion people sustainably?

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Gut health: How to look after your microbiome

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Climate change could trigger huge drops in food production by 2100

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Climate change could trigger huge drops in food production by 2100

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Naomi Oreskes: Turn your anger at science denial into political action

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Naomi Oreskes: Turn your anger at science denial into political action

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Rocket man: How I became a jet suit pilot

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How The Expanse is still putting humans at the heart of sci-fi

As sci-fi series The Expanse returns for a fourth season, on Amazon Prime, its authors (writing as James S.A. Corey) reveal how real physics and human frailty make for a rich world

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Hyperpalatable foods are a modern bogeyman. But what even are they?

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Approval of golden rice could finally end vitamin A deficiency deaths

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The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

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Naomi Oreskes asks "why trust science" in an age of denialism

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