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Whole tuna being sliced up

Earth

Pollutants found in fish we eat can compromise body's defences

Some chemicals detected in yellowfin tuna stop cells expelling harmful molecules, raising new questions about how cocktails of pollutants affect health

News

Truth about migration image

Humans

The truth about migration: How it will reshape our world

Features

Cartoon of man in suit holding a gavel, sweating, with his hand over his moutn, with a bottle of milk in front of him

Space

Feedback: Lawmakers’ raw milk celebrations hit a sour note

Regulars

toast

Health

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

Features

An aged painting of farmers tending to crops

Life

Farmers may have been accidentally making GMOs for millennia

News

pardalote

Life

Rare Australian bird farms nourishing manna from trees

News

Man holding large glass of a fizzy sugar-laden drink

Humans

Without a sugar tax, obesity strategy has fat chance of success

Comment

Paul Stamets

Life

The mushroom man who wants the world to take fungi seriously

Opinion

Flavour

Health

The flavour factory: Hijacking our senses to tailor tastes

Features

chickens

Life

Meathooked: How eating meat became a global obsession

It’s one of the world’s biggest businesses, yet it harms the planet and our health. Why do we love meat so much?

CultureLab

Is that a GM bean in my soup? Campbell's is right, we must know

Comment

Last Word

Disease-proof

Regulars

Mathematics

Mathematicians invent new way to slice pizza into exotic shapes

News

Health

Mexico's sugary-drink tax was all fizz for very little pop

Comment

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