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In what many of us would consider a true public service to one of the world's best food groups, scientists have flicked the switch on a mechanism that causes cold-stored potatoes to produce the carcinogen acrylamide. Growing these genetically tinkered potatoes could eradicate known cancer risks associated with darkened chips, making them much healthier regardless of processing."This discovery represents a significant advancement in our understanding of potato development and its implications for food quality and health,”…

It also works, the company said, on any crunchy snack -- not just Doritos. As silly as this is, I had to test it for myself. After installing the program, I fired up Google Voice and gave my cell phone a call. Under normal conditions, my chip crunching did admittedly get annoying fast. But when I flipped the switch, the sounds disappeared. I tried several snacks, and each one was now perfectly silent over the call.Also: 4 Zoom alternatives with better video conferencing privacy policiesI tried to trick the program with…

Space agencies such as NASA and ESA, with the help of several space and ground-based telescopes, discover and track asteroids that are in space. Approximately 3,000 new NEOs are discovered annually, which makes continuous monitoring and trajectory prediction of these space rocks crucial. Although an asteroid isn't expected to hit Earth in the next 100 years, according to Dr. Davide Farnocchia of NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), nothing in life is certain. In, fact the uncertainty is around the many…

Professor Oliver Johnson has unravelled the numerical conundrums of Christmas ahead of the launch of his new book Numbercrunch. Credit: University of Bristol The festive countdown is in full swing and numbers are uppermost in mind, as people manage tighter budgets and fill their social calendars with long-awaited gatherings now the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. …