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Bananas growing on a tree

Environment

Bananas threatened by devastating fungus given temporary resistance

A way to make Cavendish banana plants temporarily resistant to Fusarium fungus could lead to new ways to protect them from Panama disease

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Humans

Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge

Culture

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Environment

Feeding farm by-products to livestock could boost our food supply

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T4KXJ5 Mature leaf mould lifted from a leaf cage and ready for use as mulch in the garden,

Environment

How to make leaf mould to nourish your garden

Regulars

2CAED7C Closeup shot of red Miracle fruit on a branch in a garden on a sunny afternoon

Humans

How miracle berries turn sour foods sweet

Regulars

Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

Health

Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

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Health

Some artificial sweeteners can raise your blood sugar

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JE4DFK Raw meat fridge with steak, beef and pork in Sainsburys supermaket, East Sussex, UK

Environment

These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

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Four small bottles of chili hot sauce made from fermented dry de Cayenne chilies. Jar with fermentation process and dry chilies in front.; Shutterstock ID 1766916452; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Humans

How to make a delicious chilli hot sauce by harnessing fermentation

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Image printed on a flexible material

Technology

Stretchy material could make bandages change colour when getting loose

A stretchy material developed for holograms and an obsolete photography technique from the 19th century have been combined to create a material that changes colour as its tension changes

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Humans

Reimagined bicarb volcano could spark your children's love for science

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Definition

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Life

Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations

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Space

China prepares to launch laboratory module to Tiangong space station

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