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Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Cooking makes food more digestible and kills off bacteria, and every human society in the world does it. But where and when it started is hotly debated

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Aussie

Humans

First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting

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Don't let sugary science skew the battle to regulate junk food

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Don't let sugary science skew the battle to regulate junk food

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An ear suspended in some clear material between two sheets of glass on top of a display stand

Technology

What can we 3D print? Everything! Here are 8 awesome examples

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A tomato in a fridge

Life

Here's why putting tomatoes in the fridge makes them tasteless

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These are the foods you should eat if you want less smelly farts

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These are the foods you should eat if you want less smelly farts

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Shelves and shelves of maturing cheese

Life

Cheese-making led to gene-swapping orgy of bacterial bestiality

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A man sipping a glass of water

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How much water should you drink a day? Your throat will tell you

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Anti-GM views might just triumph in India - here's why

Technology

Anti-GM views might just triumph in India - here's why

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First farm to grow veg in a desert using only sun and seawater

Earth

First farm to grow veg in a desert using only sun and seawater

The world's first commercial seawater greenhouse has been launched in Australia, using solar power and desalinated seawater to grow tomatoes in a desert

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Earth

Climate change could destroy wild relatives of cereals by 2070

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Life

Monsanto cuts deal to use CRISPR to engineer food

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Think gluten-free is just a fad? The science isn't settled yet

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Time is right for a global ban to end trans fat health scandal

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