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USA. Arizona. 1988. Pom Pom girls of Sun City West retirement community, the youngest of which is sixty years old. Part of the

Health

Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go

Discovering he is getting old before his time, David Cox tries to lower his biological age by changing his diet in a helpful new book, The Age Code, says Graham Lawton

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Environment

98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing

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Nanodiamonds

Physics

Diamonds are surprisingly elastic when you make them tiny

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Health

Beef is making a comeback – does it fit into a healthy diet?

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Pet owner feeding his tabby cat.

Life

Tweaking the smell of cat food can encourage fussy felines to eat

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Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

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Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

Culture

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Technology

Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

Culture

Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

Physics

The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

Features

Health

Iodised salt has become uncool but many of us need to eat more iodine

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Dust rising from combine during crop harvesting, no-till technology professional occupation.

Environment

The Iran war is exposing the huge risks in our food system

No matter where you get your food from, a good chunk of your diet is ultimately reliant on fossil fuels. We already need to change this to tackle climate change, but the Iran war and resulting oil shortage is showing the urgent need to rethink food

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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Mind

The best kind of olive oil for brain health

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Environment

Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and it could get bad

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Culture