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The truth about counting calories

The truth about counting calories

By Isobel Whitcomb

Wheat farm and blue sky

Understanding plant biological clocks could boost future agriculture

By Sara Kiley Watson

Peanut butter on toast on a white speckled plate

How to check for and possibly prevent allergies in children

By Sara Chodosh

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will

By Sara Chodosh

Host a sustainable affair with these environmentally-friendly tips

Host a sustainable affair with these environmentally-friendly tips

By Sara Kiley Watson

a woman holding flowers and wearing a gas mask

It’s time you really understood what allergies mean

By Eleanor Cummins

Best meat alternatives sliced header

The best meat alternatives

Wine being poired into glasses overlooking natural landscape.

Is your wine really sustainable? Here’s how to tell.

By Shaena Montanari

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Craving a radioactive snack? Grab a banana.

By Popular Science Team

Ask Us Anything

Ask Us Anything: Can you survive on a single food forever?

By Claire Maldarelli, Jessica Boddy

salmon healthy food

5 heart-healthy foods—and 2 to absolutely avoid

By Sara Chodosh

A trio of giraffes from the necks up against a cloudy sky backdrop.

Ask Us Anything

Ask Us Anything: Why do humans stop growing?

By Claire Maldarelli, Jessica Boddy

Chick sitting on woodchips in a wire pen

US egg producers could save billions of chicks a year. So why aren’t they?

By Jonathan Moens/Undark

survival garden

Start planning now for a healthy crop of homegrown food

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

4 benefits of eating mushrooms

4 benefits of eating mushrooms

By Sara Chodosh

Assorted fruits, mushrooms, vegetables and other food spread out on table

11 percent of food waste comes from our homes

By Sara Kiley Watson

French Kiss Cocktail

How to melt, mix, and balance chocolate in cocktails

By Dan Q. Dao/Saveur

White bowls of white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, and unrefined sugar

High-fructose corn syrup vs. sugar: Which is actually worse?

By Sara Chodosh

bananas in cast iron pan

How to season a cast iron pan

By Sara Chodosh

fisherman holding a rope on a boat

Post-pandemic seafood could be more sustainable. Here’s how tech is driving the change.

By Virginia Gewin

A bag of chocolate chip cookies holding up a sign that says "nutrition facts, one cookie, 320 calories"

Ask Us Anything

Why you can’t trust the calorie count on food labels

By Daniel Engber

Mona Chalabi fermented food chart

See the wonderful world of fermented foods on one delicious chart

a bowl of tofu and a glass of soy milk on a white marble counter, with dried soybeans scattered around the surface

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Eating soy does not make men grow boobs

By Popular Science Team

Seville orange on wood

These oranges are for a lot more than juicing

By Carlos C. Olaechea/Saveur

Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

"Tour de France" Aperitif

Keep dry January going all year with these cutting-edge non-alcoholic cocktails

By Dan Q. Dao/Saveur

Turn that old bread into pizza in less than 30 minutes

Turn that old bread into pizza in less than 30 minutes

By Farideh Sadeghin/Saveur

When it comes to COVID-19 risk, what counts as ‘outdoor’ dining?

By Sara Kiley Watson

people holding up glasses in a toast

How to stay tipsy without getting drunk

By Lindzi Wessel

Parents and two kids on New Year's in party hats and sparklers

Make your own New Year’s ball, and 4 other family party ideas

By Purbita Saha

gingerbread house

How to build a gingerbread house that won’t fall apart

By Sara Chodosh

Instant hot cocoa is a starchy disaster. Here’s how to make your own.

Instant hot cocoa is a starchy disaster. Here’s how to make your own.

By Sara Chodosh

Maple snow candy is the easiest—and most delicious—winter treat

Maple snow candy is the easiest—and most delicious—winter treat

By Rachel Feltman

three vaccine bottles with "RX" on their labels, filled with small frozen beads of ice cream

What the Dippin’ Dots ‘cold chain’ can teach us about COVID-19 vaccines

By Maddie Bender

League of Kitchens instructor Mab Abbasgholizadeh teaches her students how to make classic Persian dishes, including crispy tahdig rice.

Multicultural cooking classes offer up something tasty on Zoom

By Max Falkowitz/Saveur

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

There’s no stopping this immortal jellyfish

By Popular Science Team

Rescue dried-out cheese with this simple trick

Rescue dried-out cheese with this simple trick

By Benjamin Kember/Saveur

Masha Krasnova-Shavaeva illustration

Learn your sourdough starter’s funky secrets

By Eleanor Cummins

A cutting board with baked venison

Hunters are helping keep food banks stocked through COVID-19

By Alex Robinson & Natalie Krebs/ Outdoor Life

edible bug snacks

Cricket-based snacks are surprisingly delicious

By Stan Horaczek

Mix your own delicious herbal tea using leftover spices

By Kristy Mucci/Saveur

winter survival plants you can eat

13 edible plants you can still find in the winter

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

“Ferme la Praise's" aging cave.

When specialty cheesemaking becomes a quarantine pastime

By Kat Craddock/Saveur

Your guide to a Thanksgiving dinner without food waste

Your guide to a Thanksgiving dinner without food waste

By Rachel Feltman

The top five things other than COVID-19 that could send you to the hospital this Thanksgiving

The top five things other than COVID-19 that could send you to the hospital this Thanksgiving

Volunteers gathering food off of a truck.

The best and safest ways to donate food and time this holiday season

By Sara Kiley Watson

pumpkin pie thanksgiving

It takes six months to lose all your holiday weight. Here’s how to avoid gaining it instead.

By Sara Chodosh

How to make perfect pie crust with the power of science

How to make perfect pie crust with the power of science

By Rachel Feltman

Person in a mask and disposable gloves holding a basket of groceries

A step-by-step guide to grocery shopping during a pandemic

By Amy Schellenbaum

a woman holding an umbrella

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?

By Popular Science Team

a person walking down an aisle in a store

How to stock your pantry to endure a long, uncertain winter

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

A photograph of the International Space Station floating 250 miles above the Earth.

International Space Station

Humans have lived on the ISS for 20 years—here are the coolest discoveries we’ve made

By María Paula Rubiano A.

Child pretending to be a superhero

Have no fear—healthy Halloween ideas are here

By Michael Goran/The Conversation

Go full-on mad scientist by making your own Halloween candy

By John Kennedy

Everything you need to know about deadly listeria outbreaks

By Sara Chodosh

Little banana and chile tarts dusted with flour or sugar

There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here

By Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse, and Johan Langenbick

Dungeness Crabs

14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean

By Bob Mcnally/Field & Stream

Airhead mystery flavor

How mystery flavors confuse our taste buds

By Stan Horaczek

a fried egg on top of tomatoes on a white plate

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Egg yolk color doesn’t mean what you think it does

By Popular Science Team

canned tomatoes in jars on a marble countertop near a plant

How to can your favorite foods without dying

By Rachel Feltman

a whole fish and a knife

Stop living in fear and buy the whole fish

By Barton Seaver/Saveur

two people doing fondue with a bunch of food and using forks to dip potatoes in a pot of melted cheese

The scientific way to make perfectly creamy fondue

By Pat Polowsky/Saveur

a woman sits in a metal box while a man speaks to her

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy

By Popular Science Team

Handmade Ramen Noodles

Making homemade ramen noodles is surprisingly challenging and totally worth it

By Catherine Tillman Whalen/Saveur