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Genes give Africans a better sense of taste

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Genes give Africans a better sense of taste

People from Cameroon and Kenya have far more variation in a gene that controls sensitivity to bitterness, say researchers – could it be a survival adaptation?

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How kangaroo burgers could save the planet

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How kangaroo burgers could save the planet

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Bug genes are the key to human digestion

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What is your dinner doing to the climate?

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What is your dinner doing to the climate?

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Craving fatty food? Blame it on childhood illness

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Lab-grown meat could ease food shortage

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Lab-grown meat could ease food shortage

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What price more food?

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What price more food?

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Rise in US childhood obesity flattens out

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Memories of your last meal can help you stay thin

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Fish stocks heading for wild swings in population

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Fish stocks heading for wild swings in population

When populations are low, the number of juveniles varies wildly, making it even trickier to save depleted stocks

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Super-size me: Alligators reveal digestive trick

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The great diet delusion

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Ancient beer pots point to origins of chocolate

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Obesity increases the risk of cancer

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