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food
Ellyn Lapointe • May 18, 2023
For all of kelp’s potential benefits to people and the planet, its success will depend on cultural shifts
Daniel Leonard • November 15, 2021
Researchers have put forward a “universal formula for egg shape” — but is this discovery all it’s cracked up to be?
Ethan Freedman • January 28, 2021
How a neglected sourdough starter can go from a bubbling yeast factory to a smelly, moldy mess
Jackie Appel • January 27, 2021
Scientists recently developed a substance that could help plants grow on Mars without the need for an artificial oxygen atmosphere
Casey Crownhart • January 25, 2021
The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections
Huanjia Zhang • January 11, 2021
The pandemic has exposed and worsened deep-seated problems in a meat industry dominated by huge producers
![Transportation accounts for around 6% of carbon emissions in the global food system, new analyses suggest. [Credit: CC0 | Pixabay]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/eating-local.jpeg)
Jonathan Moens • May 8, 2020
It’s what you eat, not where it comes from, that matters most, new analyses suggest
Polina Porotsky • February 22, 2019
Our sense of disgust of eating insects is largely cultural, and there could be benefits to overcoming our ick
Tara Santora • January 11, 2019
Meat and dairy aren’t exactly disappearing, but veggie alternatives are gaining ground
Nell Durfee • June 18, 2018
Ridding the seas of lionfish, one taco at a time
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega • November 13, 2017
An amendment that gives a free pass to genetically modified crops causes legal turmoil
Chloe Williams • November 6, 2017
The science of aging meat
Abigail Fagan • July 11, 2017
Sonali McDermid is worried about the planet’s food supply — and those seeking to eviscerate science
Dan Robitzski • April 10, 2017
A recent study on roundworms identified the hormone responsible for burning fat, marking the latest discovery in a convoluted, century-long search
Dan Robitzski • March 29, 2017
Historical reports of “absinthism” probably just described severe alcoholism