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Humans

Why I am keen to get my hands on genetically modified purple tomatoes

The first home-grown genetically modified food may be on the horizon, in the form of purple tomatoes, finds Clare Wilson

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Bamboo forest

Environment

11th-century polymath was the first to recognise past climate change

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A silkworm weaving chrysalis with its silk

Technology

Metal-enriched silkworm silk is one of the strongest materials ever

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Technology

Nutrient-measuring device could make microwaves that count calories

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Humans

Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge

Culture

T4KXJ5 Mature leaf mould lifted from a leaf cage and ready for use as mulch in the garden,

Environment

How to make leaf mould to nourish your garden

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2CAED7C Closeup shot of red Miracle fruit on a branch in a garden on a sunny afternoon

Humans

How miracle berries turn sour foods sweet

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Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

Health

Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

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Humans

How to make a delicious chilli hot sauce by harnessing fermentation

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A piece of material is pulled and changes colour

Video

Material that changes colour as it stretches could be used in bandages

An obsolete photographic technique that won a Nobel prize over a century ago has been resurrected to create a novel material that changes colour when stretched

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Technology

Stretchy material could make bandages change colour when getting loose

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Humans

Reimagined bicarb volcano could spark your children's love for science

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Definition

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Life

Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

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