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Mapping the web of disease in Nairobi's invisible city

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Mapping the web of disease in Nairobi's invisible city

Peter Guest discovers how studying the way diseases jump from animals to humans sometimes means wrestling pigs in a slum that doesn't officially exist

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Nice rice?

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A to zinc: What supplements are worth taking?

Health

A to zinc: What supplements are worth taking?

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Boil foils

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Shell suits

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Shell suits

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Stomach rumbles start in the back of your brain

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Cold potatoes could counter health effects of red meat

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Cold potatoes could counter health effects of red meat

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Space salad glows purple in a greenhouse made for Mars

Space

Space salad glows purple in a greenhouse made for Mars

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Heart attack on a plate? The truth about saturated fat

Health

Heart attack on a plate? The truth about saturated fat

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Fat and sugar: Diet of confusion

Fat and sugar: Diet of confusion

In the debate over food and health, it is too soon to absolve fat and demonise sugar. Some nutritional clarity is urgently needed

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Iron supplements in nano form are gentler on gut

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Earth

Genetic moderation is needed to debate our food future

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Life

Seaweed supper: recipes for a three-course meal

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Earth

Fix farms in a few countries and feed 3 billion people

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