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organic produce

Earth

Stop buying organic food if you really want to save the planet

With global emissions from farming rising fast, we have to find a way for us consumers to make informed, rational choices about the food we eat

Analysis

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Life

The plan to ban fishing in more than half the world's oceans

Insight

Buckland with big fish

Life

Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

Culture

A woman drinking a fizzy drink

Life

Why diet drinks with aspartame may actually help make you fatter

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Health

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Happily upholding ideals since issue number 1

Regulars

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Space

China's space station now has insects, weeds and rice on board

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Seabird

Life

The sweet scent of plastic lures seabirds to a dangerous snack

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Mum and newborn

Health

Strict breastfeeding rules don't work and can hurt young babies

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Trials planned for GM superwheat that boosts harvest by 20%

Earth

Trials planned for GM superwheat that boosts harvest by 20%

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A tongue touching electodes

Technology

Face electrodes let you taste and chew in virtual reality

Electronics that stimulate your sense of taste and texture mean you can taste and chew without any food – or give real dishes more bite

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Life

Bees collect honeydew from bugs before spring blossoms arrive

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Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Features

Humans

First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting

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Health

Don't let sugary science skew the battle to regulate junk food

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