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Evolutionary push could help crops self-fertilise

Earth

Evolutionary push could help crops self-fertilise

Agriculture would be transformed if crops could produce fertiliser as legumes do. New research suggests it might be easier than we thought

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Life

Stay of execution for world's fish stocks

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Earth

Unexpected fungus decimates Australia's pistachio crop

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One in 10 kids found with a taste disorder

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One in 10 kids found with a taste disorder

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Each human has one of only three gut ecosystems

Life

Each human has one of only three gut ecosystems

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Junk food 'inflammation' may trigger diabetes

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Aloe vera extract gave rats tumours

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Aloe vera extract gave rats tumours

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Earth

Nuclear crisis: How safe is Japan's food and water?

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Mother's diet sows seeds of diabetes in the womb

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Should breastfeeding women get tax breaks?

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Should breastfeeding women get tax breaks?

Argument rages over Michelle Obama's promotion of breastfeeding and the new US tax breaks for breast pumps. So who's right – is breast really best?

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How to understand the risk of a bacon sandwich giving you bowel cancer

Features

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Taste bud trickery needed to cut salt intake

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Physics

Can complexity theory explain Egypt's crisis?

News

Earth

Earth economist: The food bubble is about to burst

Opinion

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