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Europe set to allow individual nations to ban GM crops

Earth

Europe set to allow individual nations to ban GM crops

Proposed new rules would let member states of the European Union ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if the EU has approved the crops

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The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate

Life

The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate

Features

Asteroid soil could fertilise farms in space

Life

Asteroid soil could fertilise farms in space

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Alcohol archaeology: I recreate beverages with heritage

Alcohol archaeology: I recreate beverages with heritage

Opinion

Man vs sherry trifle: Can I eat myself drunk?

Humans

Man vs sherry trifle: Can I eat myself drunk?

Features

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Only 2 per cent of unsold food gets given to poor

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Internal reservoirs

Regulars

Cereal killer: Are you eating too much iron?

Health

Cereal killer: Are you eating too much iron?

Features

Bubble physics explains beer's own anti-spill mechanism

Physics

Bubble physics explains beer's own anti-spill mechanism

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Bubble physics explains beer's own anti-spill mechanism

Bubble physics explains beer's own anti-spill mechanism

Time in the pub led to the realisation that beer spills less easily than coffee, and time in the lab helped explain why

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Health

Toxic shockers: Key chemicals to look out for

Features

Earth

Humans needed barley to conquer Tibet's giddy heights

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Earth

I'm cracking the future of food – no chickens required

Opinion

Health

How bird flu threatens Europe's Christmas turkeys

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