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Health

Fat vs carbs: What's really worse for your health?

The traditional balanced diet may be way out of whack. To fight obesity and diabetes, doctors and nutritionists are embracing diets that were once called fads

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Earth

Pests for dinner: Taking down invasive species a bite at a time

Culture

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Health

Official dietary advice on fat and sugar challenged

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Earth

What does ‘natural’ mean? Time to ditch a dangerous concept

Analysis

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Humans

5000-year-old beer-brewing kit found in China

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Health

Can food get you high? We try a meal of psychoactive substances

Culture

Health gurus, show us the evidence for your diet advice

Health

Health gurus, show us the evidence for your diet advice

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Health

Microbiomania: The truth behind the hype about our bodily bugs

Insight

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Life

Synthetic wine made without grapes claims to mimic fine vintages

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Health

The Hemsley effect: why we fall for celebrity food advice

Faddish diets from insta-food stars like the Hemsley sisters thrive in a world that favours easy explanations over real science, says Anthony Warner

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Environment

Recycled coffee grounds could make roads smoother and greener

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Humans

Nightmare FAQs: The 5 dream questions you were too afraid to ask

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Health

Processed food bad, natural food good? We've got it so wrong

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