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How to make a sweet potato even sweeter: freeze it before baking

Studies show it is always best to bake your sweet potatoes, rather than boil or microwave them, and there is another trick to take the tubers to the next level of deliciousness, says Sam Wong

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Electron microscope image of the new aluminium alloy

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Aluminium alloy could boost spacecraft radiation shielding 100-fold

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Why I am keen to get my hands on genetically modified purple tomatoes

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Environment

11th-century polymath was the first to recognise past climate change

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A silkworm weaving chrysalis with its silk

Technology

Metal-enriched silkworm silk is one of the strongest materials ever

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Nutrient-measuring device could make microwaves that count calories

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Humans

Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge

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Environment

How to make leaf mould to nourish your garden

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How miracle berries turn sour foods sweet

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Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

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Tiny chip can quickly identify hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences

A metamaterial that can detect a huge array of gene fragments within 5 minutes could lead to devices for medical diagnostics or environmental monitoring

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How to make a delicious chilli hot sauce by harnessing fermentation

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Material that changes colour as it stretches could be used in bandages

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Technology

Stretchy material could make bandages change colour when getting loose

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Humans

Reimagined bicarb volcano could spark your children's love for science

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