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food and drink

Lustig

Health

Candy crusher: The man who turned the world against sugar

Robert Lustig’s hunch about obesity evolved into a war against sugar and the food industry. His battle for change has attracted controversy as well as praise

Features

Spoon scooping up sugar

Health

Sugar in your diet: The not-so-mouthwatering truth

Features

Giant ocean fish farms to solve food security? There's a catch

Life

Giant ocean fish farms to solve food security? There's a catch

Comment

Hand holding wild berries

Health

Eat a seasonal diet and your gut microbes may change in sync

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Low-calorie pizza and burgers won’t fix our child obesity crisis

Health

Low-calorie pizza and burgers won’t fix our child obesity crisis

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People clinking glasses of whisky

Humans

Why adding a drop of water can make whisky taste even better

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Hand crushing a raw egg

Health

Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science

Comment

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

Life

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

Life

Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

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Pig whipworms on monitor

Life

Parasitic worm eggs may soon be legally sold as food in Germany

Thousands have been infecting themselves with parasites to treat conditions like depression and multiple sclerosis, but we don’t yet know if it works

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Life

Lazy ants lay eggs for their industrious sisters to eat

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Life

It took 2000 years to make seed for America's famous 'corn belt'

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Life

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

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Technology

How to strip 99 per cent of harmful BPA from water in 30 minutes

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