
This awesome illustration shows us how amazingly (and disconcertingly) inescapable cow-derived products are, and comes to the hilarious...

This video shows the making of bacon, on an industrial scale. Look at those pork bellies softening in the tumbler. How appetizing.

Ever wondered why you jump at a turkey burger but not a swan sandwich? It's carnism. Psychologist Melanie Joy explains.
Our latest infographic contest asked you to create an infographic about childhood obesity, in partnership with the Let's Move! Initiative. We've...

After investigating, it turns out that while the making of chicken nuggets is still disgusting, its not quite as disgusting as we thought.

Although people claim to wash their hands after dirty activities, when you observe them in person, the story (especially for men) is different.

For the month of June, we're all going to try and eat less meat. Join us!

The Family Grant program has resulted in Brazil's economic inequality dropping at a faster rate than almost any other country.

The Schaibles' son died when they prayed for his pneumonia to go away instead of taking him to a hospital. Should they have gone to jail?
Yesterday, The New York Times published a piece about how the constant distraction of digital media damages "creativity and deep thought,...

The food is bad and the atmosphere is rotten, and yet I still can't drag myself away.

Taking inspiration from the dozens of faux Q&As sent to me throughout the year by the PR departments of the corporate food world, I thought I...

With the Senate still agonizing over the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," David Frum compares discharge rates for DADT and obesity.

New research suggests that nicotine may hold the key to weight loss medicine. That, and other reasons cigarettes aren't all bad.

It only took a few decades, but health professionals are now calling on advertisers to stop photoshopping models into oblivion.

The United States spends a higher percentage of its GDP on health care then countries with socialized medicine.