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The Key to a Global Nutritional Crisis Might Be a Simple Iron Fish

The “Lucky Iron Fish” is small, reusable, and just might solve one of the largest nutritional problems on Earth.

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Big Fish Eat The Little Fish

A guide to the best and worst choices for fish consumption.

Hook, Line, And Sucker: Tournament Anglers Caught Cheating

Cheating culture is stinking up competitive fishing

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Fin: The Last Days of Fish

A mile or two off the coast of Cape Cod, just east of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Ted Ligenza shoves a hand across the ignition switch of the Reina Marie, and his 31-foot boat sputters into silence and drifts to a stop. It is not yet dawn on a cold day in January. A five-foot swell lifts and lowers the..

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If That Paper Towel Looks Delicious, You Might Want to Get Your Iron Levels Checked

Nearly 70 percent of pregnant women crave non-edible things like dirt, paper towels, and paint.

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If It Ain’t Broke...

GOOD explores seven practices that haven't changed much over time for one simple reason: they got it right on the first try.

Adding Iron to Soy Sauce and Other Nutritional Tricks for the Developing World

In the developing world, nutrients aren't always in diets. Adding those nutrients to the available food can be a huge boost to public health.

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Low-Tech Laboratory

A group of renegade engineers at MIT is creating elegantly simple solutions to global problems. Tim McKeough shows us five of the best.

So You Think You’re a Foodie?

A sampling of the screwball comedies, sob stories, and sci-fis that anticipated our culinary moment

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The Most Extraordinary, Ordinary Medical Procedure

An everyday treatment for common ailments saves millions of lives each year, thanks to global health experts and volunteers

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8 Animals That Have Better Resumes Than You

A collection of creatures that prove that you don't have to be human to serve society.

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Six Times Food Smugglers Just Wanted a Taste of Home

Tales of fruit bootleggers, label-swappers, and some damn good cheese.

6 Times Food Smugglers Just Wanted a Taste of Home

Sometimes you’re just craving giant snails

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The Worldwide Scavenger Hunt For Vintage, Low-Radiation Metals

The quest for precious metals has led scavengers to rip up old railways, raid sunken battleships, and disturb centuries-old artworks in the name of science.

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The Next Sushi

A number of exotic, ethnic cuisines will fast become American mainstays. Adam Leith Gollner shows us 10 of the best.

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