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How a dash of science can help bake the perfect eggless chocolate cake

To make a cake delightful even when eggs aren’t in attendance, it is important to account for all the roles that they play in cake batters

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2HN6JW3 Jim, a gas lamp lighter engineer from British Gas, works in St John Smith Square, Westminster, London. Over 300 gas fuelled lamps still remain in Westminster and around 1,500 gas lamps, dating back 200 years old, continue to light the capital. Picture date: Monday February 14, 2022.

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Into the Dark review: Intriguing book dissects darkness

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The Lazarus Project is back, and the fight to secure the future has never been more intense. When the world locks into a time loop in which the world ends every three weeks, the Lazarus team must race against time to find a solution before humanity is wiped out forever. Among their number is resolute Lazarus agent, George (Paapa Essiedu), who???s been left in disgrace after betraying the organisation in the name of love. George is determined to redeem himself and win back the trust of his friends, colleagues, and the love of his life. But when he discovers that the cause he???s fighting is more sinister than it appears, George begins to suspect that the only person he can really trust is himself.

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51 recommends The Lazarus Project and Ark Nova

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TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 4, 2023: All Nippon Airways B787-9 Pok?mon Jet leaves Hanada Airport. ; Shutterstock ID 2326792475; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Irresistible review: A charming look at why we find things cute

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F0A01R Young woman drinking coffee. African girl sitting at cafe having coffee and looking away.

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Most Delicious Poison review: A lively journey through nature's toxins

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Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman

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Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman

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‘It felt detoxifying’: Retelling 1984 from a female perspective

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‘It felt detoxifying’: Retelling 1984 from a female perspective

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Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for tribalism?

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Our Tribal Future review: Is there a “vaccine” for tribalism?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alberto Valdes/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10056574a) British neuroscientist Anil Seth (C) gives a master class during the opening of the 8th Future Congress, in Santiago, Chile, 14 January 2019. Seth opened the congress with a conference on human consciousness. Future Congress in Chile, Santiago De Chile - 14 Jan 2019

51 recommends Being You and The Man Without Qualities

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Migrants cross the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Mexico, along with President??Joe Biden's administration and the??United Nations, is considering setting up a temporary program to help pre-screen tens of thousands of migrants for US entry eligibility as border crossings increase again. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

Hein de Haas’s decades-long study of global migration should leave you rethinking what you thought you knew about this most divisive subject

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Breaking Twitter review: Musk's Twitter storm reads like a film script

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The Future review: Doom is booming in a wild tale with a major twist

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Postcard from Earth review: Amazing visuals can’t lift Aronofsky movie

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51 recommends RE/SISTERS: A lens on gender and ecology

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