With a drought on the way, we need to start saving water now. In his bid to go from torrent to trickle, Simon Usborne dries out

A Dutch scientist has made 'meat' from stem cells – and wants Heston Blumenthal to cook the first batch. By Steve Connor

A Dutch scientist has created 'meat' from stem cells – and wants Heston Blumenthal to cook the first batch. Steve Connor reports on the ultimate in culinary experimentation

If Marks & Spencer's Christmas figures are anything to go by, the pixie dust Marc Bolland sprinkled on Morrisons to make it fly has been in short supply. Yesterday's trading statement was no Christmas cracker and the shares would have taken a beating had it not been for a bravura performance by the retailer's food halls. That saved Mr Bolland's bacon, at least for now.

Outlook If Marks & Spencer's Christmas figures are anything to go by, the pixie dust Marc Bolland sprinkled on Morrisons to make it fly has been in short supply. Yesterday's trading statement was no Christmas cracker and the shares would have taken a beating had it not been for a bravura performance from the retailer's food offering. That saved Mr Bolland's bacon. At least for now.

It's not just our insides that need a reboot after Christmas...These products promise to get our skin glowing too

The hangover has arrived... No matter what good intentions I have as I enter early December, they get carried away on a tide of, well, good tidings! I invariably eat too much, work too much, play too much and drink too much. So I see January as the time to get everything back into balance, armed with New Year's resolutions of all kinds, and while it's a bit of a cliché, what you put into your body is the best place to start.

Pandas are the WAGs of the animal kingdom: superficially attractive, but talentless

Insects could soon form a part of our diets if the European Commission gets its way.

Dieting is harder than you think. If you cut out a chocolate bar each day you will lose only one-third of the weight that experts had thought. For decades, doctors have based their advice to those who want to lose weight on the assumption that cutting 500 calories a day will see the weight fall off at the rate of 1lb a week.

If you ask me...

Pierre Dukan, French diet doctor to the stars, has lost a libel action against a nutritionist who described the so-called Dukan Diet as dangerous.