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Physics

Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying

Slicing an onion releases tear-inducing chemicals into the air, but the sharpness of the knife and the speed of the cut can affect how these droplets are expelled

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Life

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!

Comment

A machine that delivers nutrient-rich liquid inside artificial chicken fibres

Environment

Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using artificial capillaries

News

California-Cultured-Cell-Chocolate. Shaker process

Environment

Inside the mouth-watering race to master lab-grown chocolate

Features

Chemistry

Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry

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Physics

The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hour to cook

News

The pasta nanofibers

Health

World's thinnest spaghetti won't please gourmands but may heal wounds

News

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Environment

Vaclav Smil's take on how to feed future populations has one big flaw

Culture

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Environment

We must use genetic technologies now to avert the coming food crisis

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Environment

Is the climate change food crisis even worse than we imagined?

Extreme weather and a growing population are driving a food security crisis. What can we do to break the vicious cycle of carbon emissions, climate change and soaring food costs – or is it already too late?

Features

Health

Is personalised nutrition better than one-size-fits-all diet advice?

Features

Health

How to cut through the latest nutritional fads

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Health

The surprisingly simple supernutrient with far-reaching health impacts

Features

Health

Can we really balance our hormones by eating certain foods?

Features

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