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Health

Fasting power: Can going without food really make you healthier?

Fasting diets are getting ever more popular, amid promises of weight loss and better health, but does the science stand up? We put the latest one to the test

Features

Actors Nadi Kemp-Sayfi and Sam Redway

Life

War With the Newts review – this is smart sci-fi theatre at its best

Culture

Food handling

Health

Colour-changing spray tells you when food is past its best

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Life

Ancient 'living fossil' fish has scales that act as adaptable armour

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<i>Paywall: The business of scholarship</i> review – analysis of a scandal

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Paywall: The business of scholarship review – analysis of a scandal

Culture

Physics

Hundreds of physicists condemn sexist talk at CERN on women in physics

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It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

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It has been a good/bad week for women in physics

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Environment

Domesticating tomatoes took millennia - we can now redo it in 3 years

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Health

Zapping your guts with electricity can help relieve constipation

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Health

Milk alternatives: Which are good for both you and the planet?

Milks made from peas, nuts and more are taking supermarket shelves by storm. Here's what you should be drinking if you care about your health and the environment

Insight

Physics

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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Life

Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

Culture

Comment

Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age

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Technology

Watch 4D-printed ceramics form elaborate, shape-shifting structures

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