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food and drink

ladies eating at a restaurant

Health

Eating more slowly and dining with others can boost your health

From the mealtimes you keep and the speed at which you eat to your choice of dining companions, how you eat has a big impact on your health and waistline

Features

The scientific shortcuts to cooking delicious caramelised onions

Humans

The scientific shortcuts to cooking delicious caramelised onions

Regulars

vegan activists in Toronto

Health

Our Veganuary study is just the latest self-experiment

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Golden rice

Health

GM golden rice gets landmark safety approval in the Philippines

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Roasted sweet potatoes in a pan

Health

Going vegan for January? Find out how much difference it really makes

Features

The Colorado potato beetle is a major agricultural pest

Environment

Potatoes engineered to harm a major pest but leave other insects safe

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Gin & Tonic

Humans

The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential

Features

Star Trek

Humans

From Star Wars to Hitchhiker's – how to make the best drinks in sci-fi

Features

What’s it like to be a rabbit?

Video

What’s it like to be a rabbit?

Video

The truth about diets: sorting nutrition facts from pseudoscience

Video

The truth about diets: sorting nutrition facts from pseudoscience

Geneticist Giles Yeo takes a closer look at claims made by popular diets, including the Paleo diet and the clean-eating movement

Video

Life

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

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Video

How can we feed 11 billion people sustainably?

Video

Video

Gut health: How to look after your microbiome

Video

Environment

Climate change could trigger huge drops in food production by 2100

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