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Humans

Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time

For some the year is a C stretching out in front of them, for others it’s a hula hoop. The ways some people visualise calendars could shed light on memory itself

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Earth

’Sno substitute: The ecological cost of fake flakes on the piste

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Life

Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

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Humans

How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

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Earth

England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

Features

Why brewing beer in space is more important than you think

Humans

Why brewing beer in space is more important than you think

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Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

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Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

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Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

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Solitary tomato in fridge

Earth

Tasty tomatoes could be sacrificed in drive to cut food waste

Analysis

A fly in a glass of wine

Humans

Why a female fly will ruin your drink, but a male is fine

We’re able to sense even tiny quantities of a female fruit fly pheromone, meaning one can ruin your wine no matter how quickly you remove it from your glass

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Earth

If we only ate organic it would be an environmental disaster

Analysis

Physics

A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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Technology

Grow fake versions of rare delicacies like sea urchin at home

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Physics

Consciously quantum: How you make everything real

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