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How to make ice cream with no freezer, just ice and salt

Humans

How to make ice cream with no freezer, just ice and salt

Fancy making ice cream this summer? The secret to soft, creamy and delicious scoopfuls of the stuff lies in the complex science of freezing, says Sam Wong

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Helen Mirren

Technology

Solos review: Star-studded sci-fi that is let down by the material

Culture

Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

Health

Does eating celery really burn more calories than it contains?

Comment

Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

Physics

Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

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Glass bridge

Technology

Should you worry about glass bridges after one shattered in China?

Analysis

Pile of old computers

Environment

The EU may make recycling e-waste a legal requirement – will it work?

Analysis

pasta

Technology

Flat pasta that morphs into 3D shapes when cooked saves on packaging

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Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

Physics

Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

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(Left to right) Shamier Anderson, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim and Toni Collette in Stowaway

Space

Stowaway review: A claustrophobic and philosophical space thriller

Culture

Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

Humans

Suffrage Science podcast salutes the achievements of female scientists

A decade ago, the Suffrage Science awards were set up to champion women in science. Now there is a podcast telling the stories of the many fascinating winners

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Chemistry

New kind of blue found in cabbage could replace synthetic food dye

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Life

How to tenderise meat with mouth-watering marinades

Regulars

Life

Not so vanilla: The mission to spice up our favourite flavour

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Humans

British legal deeds were once written on sheepskin to prevent fraud

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