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Environment

Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil – and the healthiest

Replacing some existing vegetable oil crops with camellia oil could boost production while reducing environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions

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Environment

How genetically modified crops could feed us and help safeguard nature

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Chemistry

The chemistry behind making a perfect caramel sauce

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Life

Is it really cheaper to cultivate your own fruit and vegetables?

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Technology

How Star Trek-style replicators could lead to a food revolution

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Environment

Fungus transforms food waste into haute cuisine

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How to temper chocolate

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How Great British Bake Off's Josh Smalley tempers chocolate

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Chemistry

The science behind tempering chocolate

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The surprising science of coffee and its effect on both body and mind

Features

Environment

The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse and worse

If we want to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from food production, we have to make it more efficient as the global population grows – and that isn't happening

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A common low-calorie sweetener raises the risk of blood clotting

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Chemistry

How to make a perfect baked Alaska? It's all about thermodynamics

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Technology

Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat

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Environment

'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farming

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