Fragaria nubicola, native to the Himalayas, can produce a vivid red fruit or a ghostly white one; another species, F. vesca, can produce a white fruit with brilliant scarlet seeds, as well as a conventional red type.... What gives some strawberries such a ghostly pallor?... One answer has been uncovered by scientists curious about the humble strawberry’s genetic material....

The Labour leader got behind the wheel of a lorry when he visited Mantra Learning in Middleton, Greater Manchester.... He used the photo opportunity to attack Boris Johnson’s Government over its handling of the chronic shortage of lorry drivers-which has caused supply chain problems across the UK. Unfortunately for the embattled Labour leader, after donning a pink hi-vis jacket he spectacularly failed a mock driving test. After the instructor told him to go “ hard left ”, Sir Keir attempted to

When you open a can of chickpeas and fish out the nutty, savory little beans, you’re partaking in a history that began around 10, 000 years ago.... The result was a genetic bottleneck that makes all chickpeas today descendants of a relatively small group from a thousand years ago.... They identified a set of genes the plants had in common, as well as a wide variety of others, including some that scientists had not discovered before....