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Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

Be careful when nuking your breakfast. A hard-boiled egg reheated in the microwave can explode with a rush of steam and a sound as loud as a chainsaw

News

Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

Health

Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

Comment

Solitary tomato in fridge

Earth

Tasty tomatoes could be sacrificed in drive to cut food waste

Analysis

A fly in a glass of wine

Humans

Why a female fly will ruin your drink, but a male is fine

News

Variegated green crop circles covering what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas

Earth

If we only ate organic it would be an environmental disaster

Analysis

Fisherman opening sea urchins

Technology

Grow fake versions of rare delicacies like sea urchin at home

News

Drinking from the Vocktail

Technology

Virtual cocktails hijack your senses to turn water into wine

News

Louis Theroux and women with aneroxia

Health

Anorexia films and documentaries must avoid being voyeuristic

Comment

Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

Life

Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

News

White-footed mouse

Life

New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

White-footed mice from New York City are genetically distinct from their country-dwelling cousins, and their urban diets may be responsible

News

Health

Would ‘good gluten’ foods work for people who eat gluten-free?

News

Life

Banning shark fin soup in the US is bad for shark conservation

Comment

Humans

Genetically modified wheat used to make coeliac-friendly bread

News

Health

Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

Comment

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