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Bee on mouldy plant

Life

Bees collect honeydew from bugs before spring blossoms arrive

In the absence of nectar, bees get by on the sweet secretions of other insects — but they still need flowers for their protein-laden pollen

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Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

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Aussie

Humans

First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting

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Don't let sugary science skew the battle to regulate junk food

Health

Don't let sugary science skew the battle to regulate junk food

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An ear suspended in some clear material between two sheets of glass on top of a display stand

Technology

What can we 3D print? Everything! Here are 8 awesome examples

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A tomato in a fridge

Life

Here's why putting tomatoes in the fridge makes them tasteless

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These are the foods you should eat if you want less smelly farts

Health

These are the foods you should eat if you want less smelly farts

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Shelves and shelves of maturing cheese

Life

Cheese-making led to gene-swapping orgy of bacterial bestiality

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A man sipping a glass of water

Health

How much water should you drink a day? Your throat will tell you

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Anti-GM views might just triumph in India - here's why

Technology

Anti-GM views might just triumph in India - here's why

The battle over genetically modified food crops in a nation haunted by malnutrition is on a knife-edge after over-hype and lack of transparency, says TV Padma

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Earth

First farm to grow veg in a desert using only sun and seawater

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Earth

Climate change could destroy wild relatives of cereals by 2070

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Life

Monsanto cuts deal to use CRISPR to engineer food

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Space

Reality guide: Six problems physics can't explain

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