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Earth

The real palm oil problem: it's not just in your food

Soaring demand for palm oil is being driven by its use as biofuel, which is increasing carbon emissions as well as destroying forests and biodiversity

Insight

Bowl of food

Health

Meat substitutes aren't perfect but they are worth a try

Leader

Mediterranean diet delays Alzheimer's for three extra years

Health

Mediterranean diet delays Alzheimer's for three extra years

News

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Life

The fake burger test: Could meat made of plants ever fool you?

Features

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Health

Women who eat more pasta tend to get menopause earlier

News

Colourful cupcakes

Health

Could a tax on chocolate make us healthy? Let’s not be too hasty

Analysis

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

Earth

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

News

Carlo Rovelli

Physics

Carlo Rovelli: physics' literary superstar makes us rethink time

Culture

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Physics

Why now doesn’t exist, and other strange facts about time

Features

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Physics

Quantum time: Is this where the flow of existence comes from?

Why we perceive the passage of time is one of the biggest mysteries of physics. Now we could have found its source – in our most potent theory of reality

Features

Physics

The big fudge: Welcome to the theory of not-quite-everything

Features

Life

Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

News

Physics

I'm building a machine that breaks the rules of reality

Features

Earth

Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

News