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Chemistry

The science behind tempering chocolate

A reluctant Catherine de Lange tries tempering for the first time and discovers how to make gloriously glossy chocolate to decorate a cake with

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The surprising science of coffee and its effect on both body and mind

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Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right

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Environment

The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse and worse

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Tade Thompson

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Tade Thompson: 'It's like the internet, but for aliens'

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A common low-calorie sweetener raises the risk of blood clotting

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The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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Chemistry

How to make a perfect baked Alaska? It's all about thermodynamics

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Technology

Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat

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Environment

'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

US start-up Savor says its synthetic vegan fat, made without livestock or the crops needed for margarine, could cut carbon emissions and save rainforests

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Health

Is ultra-processed food unhealthy? Here's why no one can agree

Analysis

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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Space

Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater

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Mathematics

Physicists figured out the ideal container size for pistachio shells

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