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Global Warming Isn't Affecting Your Food Supply. At Least Not Yet.
The heat's not on North America's food supply yet. But that's no excuse to ignore the pressing problem.
Read & DiscussWhat We Can Learn from Germany's Scary E. Coli Outbreak
The strain of Escherischia coli wreaking havoc in Germany is resistant to 14 kinds of antibiotics. That should be a lesson for the FDA.
Read & DiscussWhy the Past Matters for the Future of Fish
As we eat further down the food chain, what will the future of fish look like?
Read & DiscussBefore MyPlates and Pyramids There Was the 1943 "Food Wheel"
The war-era food wheel shows just how dramatically the government's approach to food guidelines has changed.
Read & DiscussBehold MyPlate, the USDA's New Food Icon
Meet the food pyramid's replacement, MyPlate, a simple schematic that's designed to show parents what dinner should actually look like.
Read & DiscussBuilding Food Plates Where the Food Pyramid Once Stood
Three food plates that made way for the new food pyramid's replacement.
Read & DiscussMap: Where Laws Requiring Labels for Genetically Modified Foods Are Pending
A transgenic salmon has ushered in a wave of legislation requiring labels for genetically modified foods. What's your state doing?
Read & DiscussIs There a Scientific Explanation for the Impulse to Picnic?
Do we all stand around barbecues out of some innate craving for seared meat in a cave?
Read & DiscussUncovering Fictitious and Fraudulent Fish with the Barcodes of Life
Could the DNA barcodes used to expose widespread fish fraud also become a shopper's best friend?
Read & DiscussAmerica Feasts: Photos of Our Relationship with Food
Nothing says America like firing up the barbecue and coming together to eat.
Read & DiscussWhy Reading About the Rapture Leaves a Bad Taste in Your Mouth
New research is exploring the link between moral disgust and sensory disgust.
Read & DiscussLion Loin: Meat From the King of the Jungle is Perfectly Legal
We don't eat horse, but lion is fair game. What's wrong with this picture?
Read & DiscussA Pork Chart Like None Other
A beautiful and important reminder that your "other white meat" comes from a living, sentient being.
Read & DiscussShare These Suds: The Low-Waste Soviet Soda Machine
Could we learn from knock-off soda machines once made in Russia?
Read & DiscussFeast Your Eyes: Whisky's Mycological Microparadise
How a conspicuous black growth revealed the hidden world of extreme urban fungi.
Read & DiscussOMG GMOs! How Can You Tell If Your Produce Is Genetically Modified?
The new AquAdvantage salmon is forcing a public debate about the safety of genetically modified foods, and what the public should know about them.
Read & DiscussCan Citizen Scientists Make Biotech More Efficient?
Marcus Wohlsen's book, Biopunk, looks into the DIY science on kitchen counters that could change the way we think about biotechnology.
Read & DiscussCan a Rebranding Effort Make In-Vitro Meat Appetizing?
Samantha Henig has challenged designers to make lab-grown meat palatable to consumers. Proballs and spaghetti, anyone?
Read & DiscussThe Scientific Roots of the Zombie Threat
Just for the fun of it, we take a look at what science has to say about how to induce a stupor and the effects of eating brains.
Read & DiscussFeast Your Eyes: Dinner Plates Designed to Reflect Your Digestion
Would you eat off an anus—or a dinner plate artistically depicting one? Leah Piepgras hopes you'll give it some thought.
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