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Three robots are growing vegetables on the roof of the University of Melbourne’s student pavilion. As I watch, a mechanical arm, hovering above the crop like a fairground claw machine, sprays a carefully measured dose of water over the plants.The greens themselves look fairly terrestrial – cos lettuce, basil, coriander and moth-eaten kale – but they are actually prototypes for a groundbreaking research mission to grow fresh food in outer space.The project leader, Prof Sigfredo Fuentes, leans over and picks a tiny…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicEatCelebrityCanada'You can't imagine how much it means to me that people invite me into their homes all over the planet,' Canadian crooner says of chart-topping Christmas album Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Dec 02, 2023  •  Last updated 0 minutes ago  •  4 minute read Michael Buble is getting his holiday wish this year with his very own Merry Berry Buble drink. Photo by Evaan Kheraj /Warner Music CanadaArticle contentMichael Buble is getting into…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Eating & Drinking Culture Books In Good & Sweet, pastry cook Brian Levy shares a novel way to bake using whole food ingredients — not sugar or syrups Publishing date: Sep 16, 2022  •  20 minutes ago  •  5 minute read  •  Join the conversation In Good & Sweet, pastry cook Brian Levy shares a novel way to bake — swapping out sugar for fruit and other "unexpectedly" sweet ingredients. (Levy's pistachio cake is pictured, left.) Photo by…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Eating & Drinking Culture Books In Yawd, the Top Chef Canada star shares more than 100 recipes inspired by his Jamaican upbringing and diverse influences Publishing date: Jul 29, 2022  •  19 minutes ago  •  6 minute read  •  Join the conversation Chef and culinary consultant Adrian Forte holds a ripe ackee, Jamaica's national fruit, left. At right, Caribbean-spiced steamed fish from Forte's debut cookbook, Yawd. Photo by John Molina Reviews and…

Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund won his second Palme d'Or for 'Triangle of Sadness', a biting satire of the shallow worlds of fashion and wealth, bringing the 2022 Cannes Film Festival to a close, reports 'Variety'Swedish film director and screenwriter Ruben Ostlund poses with the trophy during a photocall after he won the Palme d'Or for the film "Triangle of Sadness" during the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. Pic/AFPHours after Delhi's Shaunak Sen became the…