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Life

Make your own meat with open-source cells – no animals necessary

Engineered meat is taking on a new flavour as an entrepreneur aims to help people make animal-free meat at home, like brewing beer, by sharing cell cultures

Insight

Antibacterials are added to some soaps, detergents, skincare products and household cleaner

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What are antibacterial agents and should we avoid using them?

Features

Plane sprays crops

Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

News

Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

News

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It’s time to bust the myth that a healthy diet has to be costly

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Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

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Let’s hope UK’s soft drink tax cuts obesity and diabetes rates

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Technology

Why predictive text is making you forget how to write

Features

anus artwork

Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

Features

Humans

Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time

Features

beer bottle

Technology

Old Scientist: How to get drunk rationally

New Scientists of Decembers past reveal an ongoing fascination with beer, with technology providing a meagre justification

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Space

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

Features

Humans

How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds

Features

Humans

No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday

Features

Humans

Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi

Features

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