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Mosa Meat burger

Environment

Can you get meat without dead animals? Why farmers are wrong to say no

Cattle ranchers in the US say beef must come from a slaughtered cow and not cells grown in a lab. The battle over the future of flesh has begun, says Sasha Chapman

Comment

Stone Age bakers made first bread thousands of years before farming

Earth

Stone Age bakers made first bread thousands of years before farming

News

coffee on a table

Health

Eight cups of coffee a day make you live longer? Don't bet on it

Comment

GM protest

Life

It's ok that the public rejected GM food – after all, we did ask

Insight

farmland

Life

The second great battle for the future of our food is underway

Insight

Pee cola

Humans

Old Scientist: When product naming goes spectacularly wrong

Regulars

Why is the UK running out of CO2 and what will it mean?

Health

Why is the UK running out of CO2 and what will it mean?

News

Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy

Health

Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy

Features

Olive oil being poured onto a salad containing tomatoes, olives and various green leaves

Health

Mediterranean diet is still good for you but only if you’re rich

Analysis

A doughnut

Health

Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts - here's why

Foods that are high in both carbohydrates and fats super-charge the activity in our brain’s reward centre, explaining why we find them so appealing

News

Health

Is research in jails the way to end wars over dietary guidance?

Comment

Health

The truth about spices: Is it time to ditch the turmeric latte?

Features

Health

There's no such thing as a 'detox' – so let's ban the word

Comment

Health

GM golden rice gets approval from food regulators in the US

News