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Environment

How genetically modified crops could feed us and help safeguard nature

There has been plenty of controversy over GM crops, but if deployed well they could have a positive environmental impact, says Graham Lawton

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Life

Is it really cheaper to cultivate your own fruit and vegetables?

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Technology

Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version

Culture

Netflix handout still: Supacell. SUPACELL is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.

Society

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends new superhero drama Supacell

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Technology

How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

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Technology

Ultra-strong stretchy material could enable shape-shifting aircraft

News

The best new science fiction books of September 2024

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The best new science fiction books of September 2024

Culture

Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

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Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

Culture

N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

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N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

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Neurospora intermedia, an orange mold, turns day-old bread into a cheesy treat when toasted (left). The mold transforms sugarless rice custard into a sweet dessert served at the Alchemist restaurant in Copenhagen (right). CREDIT Images courtesy of Blue Hill at Stone Farm and Alchemist

Environment

Fungus transforms food waste into haute cuisine

The orange mould Neurospora intermedia can grow on a wide range of waste products without producing toxins, and the results are being served in Michelin-starred restaurants

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Video

How Great British Bake Off's Josh Smalley tempers chocolate

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Chemistry

The science behind tempering chocolate

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Health

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

Features

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

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