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Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?

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Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?

Reducing food miles seems a sensible and straightforward way to cut carbon emissions. But digging into the science shows it's not that simple, says James Wong

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Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

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Awkward truths about Boris Johnson's praise for UK science and tech

Technology

Awkward truths about Boris Johnson's praise for UK science and tech

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Underground food farm

Mind

Don’t Miss: future food, altered mental states and healing minds

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

Space

Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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An artificial limb is driven by two fiber-based muscles actuated via a heat gun.

Technology

Superstrong artificial muscle can lift 1000 times its own weight

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Green Film Festival

Humans

Don't miss: Green films, rare plants and a cosmos tour

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Eating a Mediterranean diet has been linked to numerous health benefits

Health

Cooking skills aren't enough to make you eat a healthy diet

A lack of cooking skills has been linked to eating poorer diets, but a study of culinary students has found kitchen skills don't always lead to a better diet

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Health

Why everything you know about nutrition is wrong

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Space

Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Space

Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

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Space

Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

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