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food science

A plate of pasta

Health

Women who eat more pasta tend to get menopause earlier

Eating more white pasta and rice has been linked to reaching menopause a year or so earlier than average, while eating oily fish is linked to later menopause

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Colourful cupcakes

Health

Could a tax on chocolate make us healthy? Let’s not be too hasty

Analysis

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

Earth

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

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Carlo Rovelli

Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time

Culture

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Physics

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Features

dancers

Physics

Quantum time: Is this where the flow of existence comes from?

Features

gravity artwork

Physics

The big fudge: Welcome to the theory of not-quite-everything

Features

Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

Life

Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

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I'm building a machine that breaks the rules of reality

Physics

I'm building a machine that breaks the rules of reality

Features

Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

Earth

Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

Governments are dithering over whether to limit climate change to 1.5°C or 2°C, but it seems the stricter target would avoid food shortages and major economic losses

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Earth

Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Physics

One year until Brexit: 7 big issues that must be solved

Comment

Health

Bottled water is bad – but microplastics aren’t the reason

Analysis

Technology

Lab-grown pet food promises a wholesome vegan lifestyle for dogs

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