Cultivated bacon could soon be a reality, as a company readies its first tasing
Two restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area will offer dishes with lab-grown bacon.
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Clean-up technology alone can’t keep the ocean free of plastics
We need to deal with plastic waste, and clean-up technology alone won't cut it.
These Canadian ice caps were estimated to melt by 2022 — they’re already gone
Its a sign we'd better not ignore.
What is keto: the fat-burning diet
Keto is the fad diet of the decade, but does it really work and is it safe?
What stress is, how it affects us, and how to handle it
An ancient mechanism meant to keep us alive can overwhelm us in today's world.
Ancient Mars watercourses may have been carved by ice sheets, not flowing rivers
A new study casts doubt over the conventional view of what early Mars looked like.
Heatwave sets temperature records across Europe
UK, Spain, and Italy see unusually high temperatures.
This is the secret behind biodiversity hotspots
Stability helped these hotspots form, but climate change is putting an end to that.
Isotopes in hair reflect your diet, but also how much you paid for a haircut
Isotopes in the food we eat builds up in our hair, revealing intimate details about diet and income.
Americans are receiving mysterious bags of Chinese seeds in the post
So far 14 types of seeds have been identified and they are innocuous.
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How charts lie — and how to get better at reading them
Alberto Cairo wants us to get better at reading charts, and his book is an eye-opener.
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Scientist who helped discover Ebola and nearly got killed by COVID-19 says the pandemic is ‘still at the beginning’
We’re only at the start of the coronavirus pandemic although the second wave may take a different form to the...
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