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Chemistry

Homemade malt is the key to baking the perfect loaf of bread

The secret to a perfect, golden loaf (or tasty brew) is an enzyme in malt. And making your own is easy – it just takes some barley grains, water and a bit of patience, says Sam Wong

Regulars

Attempts to recreate red matter

Physics

Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red matter’ study

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Postcard from Earth review: Amazing visuals can’t lift Aronofsky movie

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Postcard from Earth review: Amazing visuals can’t lift Aronofsky movie

Culture

The best new science fiction books of November 2023

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The best new science fiction books of November 2023

Culture

Jeff Goldblum in The Fly

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The scariest sci-fi horror movies for Halloween, chosen by an expert

Culture

Life

Vegan cheese made from fermented peas could taste more like dairy

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Assortment of products with high sugar level like candies, gummy candies, soda, donuts, chocolate, lollipop, wafers and cupcakes on a table.

Health

Your ultimate guide to ultra-processed food – how bad is it really?

Features

Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

Technology

Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen

Space

ISS livestream: Watch a live link-up with astronaut Andreas Mogensen

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The best new science fiction books of October 2023

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The best new science fiction books of October 2023

From an authorised sequel to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to a collection of newly discovered short stories from the late Terry Pratchett, there is a mountain of brilliant science fiction to get through this month

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Technology

Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually strong materials

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Technology

Waste plastic can be recycled into hydrogen fuel and graphene

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Physics

Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

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Environment

How to reach net zero five times faster

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