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food science

microscopic metal membrane

Technology

Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

A special trick with lasers helped lower a nano-sized membrane to below the "quantum limit" – colder than was thought possible

News

meat

Life

Make your own meat with open-source cells – no animals necessary

Insight

Antibacterials are added to some soaps, detergents, skincare products and household cleaner

Health

What are antibacterial agents and should we avoid using them?

Features

Plane sprays crops

Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

News

Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

News

Shopping bill

Health

It’s time to bust the myth that a healthy diet has to be costly

Comment

Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

Health

Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

Comment

caribou

Life

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

Features

pic phone

Technology

Don’t believe the Skype: We never wanted to video call people

Features

woman doing puzzle

Humans

Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

Use the knowledge you've gained from the school of hard knocks to fill in the missing words most accurately

Features

Life

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

Features

Technology

Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

Features

Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

Features

Space

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

Features

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