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Science needs to address its imagination problem - lives depend on it

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Science needs to address its imagination problem - lives depend on it

Almost 200 people died in the German floods of 2021 because experts couldn’t convince them of impending danger. We must rethink how to get through to the public, says hydrologist Hannah Cloke

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Deep-fried ice cream with caramel sauce

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How to create a delicious deep-fried ice cream dessert

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Geologists to pinpoint official birthplace of the Anthropocene in 2022

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Homemade Cucumber Pickles in Jars

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How to perfectly pickle your cucumbers

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

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

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 4: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, a column of robust, reddish-brown ash plume occurred after a magnitude 6.9 South Flank following the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on May 4, 2018 in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii. The governor of Hawaii has declared a local state of emergency near the Mount Kilauea volcano after it erupted following a 5.0-magnitude earthquake, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,700 residents. (Photo by U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)

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Plumes of rock that feed volcanic hotspots are surprisingly cold

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S0J9ED Cascade hops fresh off of the vine.

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

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Snowflake spotters needed to give climate science a boost

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

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

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Six pointed snowflake

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Kenneth Libbrecht interview: A grand unified theory of snowflakes

Snowflakes can form in either a plate or column shape, but no one understood why – until physicist Kenneth Libbrecht investigated. His theory is the result of two decades making snow in the lab

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

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

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Mysterious origin of Earth's water may be explained by solar wind

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