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Life

Foraging for wild garlic: how, when and what to watch out for

The pungent flavour of wild garlic probably evolved as a defence against herbivory, but it doesn’t deter garlic-loving humans, says Sam Wong

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Life

Why watering your plants at midday won't damage their leaves

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How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

Mathematics

How maths reveals the best time to add milk for hotter tea

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Space

How to spot Mars travelling through Gemini this week

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Humans

What is really going on when we microwave our food?

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Mind

How to stop procrastinating and start getting things done

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Life

How to grow asparagus - and why it takes so long

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Space

How to spot the Beehive cluster in the constellation of Cancer

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Humans

Why preserving your lemons in salt will make them even tastier

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microscope images showing ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli (credit: University of Oxford)

Health

Become a citizen scientist in the fight against antibiotic resistance

Sign up to a project called Infection Inspection and help researchers confront the rogue microbes that threaten to unleash an apocalypse of untreatable disease

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Environment

How to do a health check on your garden’s vital earthworm population

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Space

A stargazer's guide to managing light pollution

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Humans

How to use the science of fat to make delicious, confit food

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Environment

Help to create a global map of ocean microplastic pollution

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