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YESTERDAY’S SPUDS

Eating last night’s leftovers could save you from bowel cancer, researchers told the BA Annual Festival of Science in Leicester last week. Cold potatoes, baked beans and porridge are better at reducing the risks than high-fibre cereals such as bran flakes or muesli.

SLEEPING GIANTS

Satellite tracking of basking sharks has blown a 50-year-old assumption out of the water. They do not hibernate after all, but instead travel vast distances all year round in search of zooplankton, their favourite food.

ANTARCTIC WIPEOUT

Tens of thousands of exotic marine animals in the lakes and coastal waters of Antarctica could…

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