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Life

Banana-y bread and onion beer: How yeast can trick our tastebuds

Maker of beer, bread and wine, yeast is our biggest microbial friend. Now we're engineering weird new flavours with it - even lager that tastes of something

Features

pharmacy

Health

The medical cannabis debate is a chance to put science before dogma

Leader

drinks

Health

One drink a day might be enough to stop dementia by flushing the brain

News

Just a few drinks during pregnancy might be enough to lower future IQ

Health

Just a few drinks during pregnancy might be enough to lower future IQ

News

Deaths from liver disease have been rising since the financial crisis

Health

Deaths from liver disease have been rising since the financial crisis

News

Heroin paraphenalia

Health

Heroin users’ brains hint at a new treatment for narcolepsy

News

Cannabis Protest

Health

UK government to review medicinal cannabis laws

News

Cannabis Protestor

Health

The case of Billy Caldwell shows UK drug laws are out of date

Leader

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

Earth

Cocaine in the water makes eels hyperactive and damages muscles

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Physics

Magnets can make wine taste better by sucking out bad flavours

Tiny magnetic beads can be stirred through wine to capture unwanted chemicals, then pulled out with a magnet to improve the flavour

News

Health

Party drugs are here to stay, but they don't have to be killers

Insight

Humans

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

News

Health

Let’s all heed the health benefits of a month without alcohol

Leader

Health

Doing Dry January lowers cancer-promoting proteins in your blood

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