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food science

<i>Paywall: The business of scholarship</i> review – analysis of a scandal

Comment

Paywall: The business of scholarship review – analysis of a scandal

Expect to feel righteous anger and astonishment as the film Paywall exposes the dull-sounding science journal industry, hard at work pocketing your tax money

Culture

CERN logo

Physics

Hundreds of physicists condemn sexist talk at CERN on women in physics

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It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

Comment

It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

Leader

tomatoes being harvested

Environment

Domesticating tomatoes took millennia - we can now redo it in 3 years

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toilet

Health

Zapping your guts with electricity can help relieve constipation

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milk cartons

Health

Milk alternatives: Which are good for both you and the planet?

Insight

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

Physics

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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Liu

Life

Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

Culture

US Vice President making a speech in front of a NASA logo, an American flag and a picture of the moon

Comment

Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age

Comment

A 4D-printed model of the Sydney Opera House

Technology

Watch 4D-printed ceramics form elaborate, shape-shifting structures

A new technique for printing ceramics in 4D could be used to make strong, complex parts for rockets and mobile phones

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Health

Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

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Life

Banana-y bread and onion beer: How yeast can trick our tastebuds

Features

Health

Why allergies aren’t nuts at all

Leader

Life

Time travel to Augusts past: cold cod, thawing mammoths, frozen nerves

Regulars

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