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The secret life of cheese: How marvellous microbes create its flavour

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The secret life of cheese: How marvellous microbes create its flavour

We have been making cheese for millennia, but researchers are only now getting to grips with how bacteria, fungi and viruses combine to create its characteristic flavours and textures

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Six pointed snowflake

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Kenneth Libbrecht interview: A grand unified theory of snowflakes

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Thousands of people march though Central London, UK, on Earth Day on 22 April 2017 to protest against what they see as a threat to experts, evidence and investment in science. Protesters assembled at the Science Museum and marched to Parliament Square. The march, a worldwide event, supports science and evidence-based research and was organized in opposition to Donald Trump's environmental and energy policies. (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

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Physicists have created a new type of diamond by crushing buckyballs

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Blue laser light being used in experiment

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Strange quantum effect predicted 30 years ago has now been observed

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13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves

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13 of the most profound questions about the cosmos and ourselves

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WHY does time only move forward?

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Why does time only move forwards? Possibly just because we’re ignorant

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An inside look at oysters – and how to enjoy them safely

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WHY is quantum theory so strange? Out of Your Mind Science series. Design made of spiral of human silhouette face line and abstract elements on the subject of consciousness, the mind, artificial intelligence and technology

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Why is quantum theory so strange? The weirdness could be in our heads

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IBM's Eagle quantum processor

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IBM creates largest ever superconducting quantum computer

IBM has created the world’s largest superconducting quantum computer, surpassing the size of state of the art machines from Google and Chinese researchers.

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IBM creates largest ever superconducting quantum computer

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How you can get involved with the hunt for gravitational waves

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Lost in Space-Time newsletter: Will a twisted universe save cosmology?

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Water-absorbing material inspired by plant roots could power robots

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