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Would you wear yeast perfume? Microbes used to brew scent

Would you wear yeast perfume? Microbes used to brew scent

Genetically engineered microorganisms could replace flowers as sources of ingredients for perfumes – and even recreate scents from plants long extinct

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Modified E. coli spin fibres as tough as spider silk

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Suez superhighway: Stopping the tide of alien invaders

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Suez superhighway: Stopping the tide of alien invaders

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I've found the real reason so many children are obese

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I've found the real reason so many children are obese

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Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

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Evolution's big bang: How life on Earth took off

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Why your brain needs touch to make you human

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Why your brain needs touch to make you human

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6 things you're dying to ask about head transplants

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6 things you're dying to ask about head transplants

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Brain boosting: It's not just grey matter that matters

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Brain boosting: It's not just grey matter that matters

Inside your head, another brain is hiding in plain sight – one that responds to your cognitive needs and self-heals. It's time to make the most of your myelin

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Huge epigenomic map examines life's impact on our genes

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Musical software helps mothers push babies out faster

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Not just obesity – faecal transplants' weird effects

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