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Why does milk turn into yoghurt?

Add a spoonful of plain yoghurt to warm milk, keep it cosy for a few hours, and the runny milk transforms into thick, tangy yoghurt. Nothing was cooked or frozen. So what changed the milk?

A bowl of thick natural yoghurt
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