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Jess Wade: The magic of mirror molecules and incredible nanostructures

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Jess Wade: The magic of mirror molecules and incredible nanostructures

From wearable sensors to solar panels, we are developing new materials from the stuff of peacock feathers and butterfly wings. Physicist Jess Wade shows how.

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Technology

Smart windows can let visible light through while blocking out heat

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Infrared-reflecting paint can cool buildings even when it is black

Technology

Infrared-reflecting paint can cool buildings even when it is black

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Microwaved bamboo could be used to build super-strong skyscrapers

Technology

Microwaved bamboo could be used to build super-strong skyscrapers

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Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Physics

Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Features

Dulce de leche: How to turn condensed milk into a tasty caramel sauce

Humans

Dulce de leche: How to turn condensed milk into a tasty caramel sauce

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Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

Humans

Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

Culture

Baking without eggs: How to use aquafaba to make meringues

Humans

Baking without eggs: How to use aquafaba to make meringues

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Can you really grow enough fruit and veg to be self-sufficient?

Humans

Can you really grow enough fruit and veg to be self-sufficient?

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The City We Became review: N. K. Jemisin pits New York against aliens

Humans

The City We Became review: N. K. Jemisin pits New York against aliens

N. K. Jemisin's latest book sees New York itself come alive to fight off aliens in the first part of a new trilogy with ethnicity at its heart

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Technology

Vibrating clothes could make you feel like you’re wearing clouds

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Humans

Seitan: How to turn flour into meat-free 'chicken' nuggets

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Health

The science of crispy: how to make perfect pork crackling

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Tales From The Loop review: Beautiful and sedate sci-fi escapism

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