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Humans

Why adding a drop of water can make whisky taste even better

Scotch aficionados know that adding a little water to their dram can bring out the flavours – now we have glimpsed more of the chemistry behind it

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Health

Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science

Comment

illustration of factory work

Technology

Atomic Legoland: How to build wonder stuff from the atom up

Features

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

Life

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

Life

Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

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Pig whipworms on monitor

Life

Parasitic worm eggs may soon be legally sold as food in Germany

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Temnothorax rugatulus ants

Life

Lazy ants lay eggs for their industrious sisters to eat

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It took 2000 years to make seed for America's famous 'corn belt'

Life

It took 2000 years to make seed for America's famous 'corn belt'

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Watering space cucumbers

Life

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

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A young girl drinking water from a tap

Technology

How to strip 99 per cent of harmful BPA from water in 30 minutes

BPA has been linked to a range of health problems, but after decades of research, there’s now a cheap way to remove almost all of it from contaminated water

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Earth

Quantum gravity detector will use atom clouds to survey for oil

News

Technology

Time to bust the myth that Ada Lovelace was an overhyped aristo

Comment

Health

Lectin-free is the new food fad that deserves to be skewered

Comment

Life

Now North Sea cod is sustainable, is it really ok to eat?

Analysis