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Homemade Cucumber Pickles in Jars

Humans

How to perfectly pickle your cucumbers

Pickling is a delicious way to beat the microbes that would otherwise spoil your food, says Sam Wong

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PWBMC4 Multi-coloured biodegradable and compostable paper straws in a cafe in London, UK

Technology

Edible straws made by bacteria are better than paper or plastic ones

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Mary Robinette Kowal: An exclusive short story for 51¶¯Âþ

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Mary Robinette Kowal: An exclusive short story for 51¶¯Âþ

Culture

S0J9ED Cascade hops fresh off of the vine.

Humans

How climate change is shaking up the hops that give beer its flavour

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Humans

Snowflake spotters needed to give climate science a boost

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The secret life of cheese: How marvellous microbes create its flavour

Life

The secret life of cheese: How marvellous microbes create its flavour

Features

Six pointed snowflake

Humans

Kenneth Libbrecht interview: A grand unified theory of snowflakes

Features

Hiroshi Ezura, a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Tsukuba, with his genome edited tomato plant (Naoki Shoji).

Technology

2021 in review: CRISPR-edited food goes on sale to public

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Thousands of people march though Central London, UK, on Earth Day on 22 April 2017 to protest against what they see as a threat to experts, evidence and investment in science. Protesters assembled at the Science Museum and marched to Parliament Square. The march, a worldwide event, supports science and evidence-based research and was organized in opposition to Donald Trump's environmental and energy policies. (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Humans

We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

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Three cloudy mineral rocks are set against a black background

Physics

Physicists have created a new type of diamond by crushing buckyballs

A new form of diamond created in the lab is as strong as natural diamond and better able to withstand heat

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An inside look at oysters – and how to enjoy them safely

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Space

How you can get involved with the hunt for gravitational waves

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Technology

Water-absorbing material inspired by plant roots could power robots

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Humans

Is it true that use of synthetic fertiliser is increasing everywhere?

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