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How much more would you pay for a chocolate bar made without child labor?

How much more would you pay for a chocolate bar made without child labor?

By Donavyn Coffey

Watering space plants is hard, but NASA has a plan

Watering space plants is hard, but NASA has a plan

By Ellen Airhart

A 4- or 5-year-old boy drinking milk from a glass on a farm, while a cow stands ominously behind him.

How to make coconut milk

By Elizabeth Bera

colony of Termites

11 gross animals you can eat in a survival situation

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

4 simple foods you can make on your own

4 simple foods you can make on your own

By Marianela D'Aprile

The FDA knows expiration dates are confusing, so they’re changing them

The FDA knows expiration dates are confusing, so they’re changing them

By Sara Chodosh

A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here’s how.

A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here’s how.

By Sara Chodosh

A Black person reaching their hands into a zeer pot—a type of DIY refrigerator—full of green beans, tomatoes, and other produce.

The coolest way to keep food cold without electricity

By Ilana E. Strauss

Processed food really does make you gain weight

Processed food really does make you gain weight

By Sara Chodosh

Naturally pink chocolate is finally here. But how is it made?

Naturally pink chocolate is finally here. But how is it made?

By Eleanor Cummins

Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia’s pop tax

Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia’s pop tax

By Nicole Wetsman

How to keep produce fresh as long as possible

How to keep produce fresh as long as possible

By Whitson Gordon

Find the real breakfast of champions with this helpful chart

By Sara Chodosh

Rainy days make everything worse—even restaurant reviews

Rainy days make everything worse—even restaurant reviews

By Marlene Cimons

Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the grocery store

Meal kits are full of wasteful packaging—but they might still beat the grocery store

Archaeologists unearth more evidence that when a civilization drinks together, it stays together

Archaeologists unearth more evidence that when a civilization drinks together, it stays together

By Alex Schwartz

Ground beef is behind the latest E. coli outbreak

By Sara Chodosh

To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA

To protect the world’s pasta, scientists peered inside fettuccine’s DNA

Kitchen spices look startlingly different in the wild

Kitchen spices look startlingly different in the wild

By Alex Schwartz

Millennials want spirits—with none of the alcohol. Here’s how distilleries make it work.

Millennials want spirits—with none of the alcohol. Here’s how distilleries make it work.

By Eleanor Cummins

The truth about the nut-brain connection

The truth about the nut-brain connection

By Sandra-Ilona Sunram-Lea/The Conversation

Taxing soda would help make kids healthier

Taxing soda would help make kids healthier

By Nicole Wetsman

apple breeding chart

How we breed the best (and worst) apples

watermelon-quartered

This is how much watermelon it’d take to kill you

Healthy food prescriptions could save billions in healthcare costs

Healthy food prescriptions could save billions in healthcare costs

By Nicole Wetsman

Tired of pie? Here are 3.14 other math holidays worth celebrating.

grimacing at a hotdog

Rat hair, beaver anal secretions, and other surprising things in your food

By Robert Chilcott/The Conversation

a painting of people dancing

The weirdest things we learned this week: starting fires with astronaut farts and dancing yourself to death

By Rachel Feltman

Barrel flavor of wood production spirits

Love the taste of whiskey? Thank an oak tree

By Artur Cisar-Erlach

Nuts are full of fat and calories—and you should probably eat more of them

By Sara Chodosh

Here’s why ultra-processed foods are so bad for your health

Here’s why ultra-processed foods are so bad for your health

By Nicole Wetsman

bowls full of spices

What to do with all your old spices

a field of wheat

These genetic ‘goggles’ could help us engineer wildly resilient crops

a young boy drinks juice and eats cookies

Fruit juices have potentially dangerous levels of lead and arsenic

a vintage coca-cola ad

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: the sweetest-smelling butts, flaming birds, and 40 barrels of coke

By Rachel Feltman

Junk food ads disproportionally target black and Hispanic kids over white kids

Junk food ads disproportionally target black and Hispanic kids over white kids

By Nicole Wetsman

tomatoes and red peppers on a white table

Scientists could engineer a spicy tomato. Is it worth it?

Half of the people who think they have food allergies actually don’t

Half of the people who think they have food allergies actually don’t

By Sara Chodosh

What makes popcorn pop?

What makes popcorn pop?

By Cassie M. Chew

little girl eating cookie dough

Eating raw cookie dough is fine if you follow these steps

By Brian Zikmund-Fisher/The Conversation

Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine

Sex, starvation, and saltwater moats: snail farms are wilder than you could ever imagine

By Eleanor Cummins

hatchet made of meat and vegan grenade

Five diets that could be deadly

By Sara Chodosh and Claire Maldarelli

Black truffles imperiled by climate change

Black truffles imperiled by climate change

By Marlene Cimons

Black truffles are in trouble

Black truffles are in trouble

By Marlene Cimons

How your dog could go vegan and still stay healthy

How your dog could go vegan and still stay healthy

By Sarah Treleaven

The CDC says everyone needs to toss their romaine

The CDC says everyone needs to toss their romaine

By Rachel Feltman

The fastest way to thaw a frozen turkey—or any other food

The fastest way to thaw a frozen turkey—or any other food

How to eat healthy when the munchies strike

How to eat healthy when the munchies strike

By Stephanie Lee

This vaccine could help people with celiac eat gluten again, but it’s not for everyone

This vaccine could help people with celiac eat gluten again, but it’s not for everyone

By Sara Chodosh

Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital

Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital

By Sara Chodosh

Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought

Humanity’s obsession with chocolate may go back much further than we thought

By Neel V. Patel

dinosaur eats dinosaur

What did dinosaurs eat?

The FDA’s updated nutrition labels could improve your health—if you know how to read them

The FDA’s updated nutrition labels could improve your health—if you know how to read them

By Sara Chodosh

The truth about organic food and cancer

The truth about organic food and cancer

By Sara Chodosh

Climate change brings rising seas—and beer prices

Climate change brings rising seas—and beer prices

By Marlene Cimons

The ‘all-natural’ label on your LaCroix is meaningless, but that doesn’t mean the seltzer is bad for you

The ‘all-natural’ label on your LaCroix is meaningless, but that doesn’t mean the seltzer is bad for you

By Neel V. Patel

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry

Gene editing could turn this wild orphan fruit into your new favorite berry

By Neel V. Patel

a cow sticking its tongue in its nose

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: holes in people (and cows), illegal cheese, and the world’s worst dairy disaster

By Rachel Feltman

You should check how much sugar your ‘healthy’ yogurt really has

You should check how much sugar your ‘healthy’ yogurt really has

By Sara Chodosh

salmon healthy food

Cook meals in coffee makers, dishwashers, and other unexpected appliances

By Sophie Bushwick

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment

Charted: Here’s how much your food waste hurts the environment

By Sara Chodosh

When you should eat breakfast—and when you can probably skip it

When you should eat breakfast—and when you can probably skip it

By Julissa Treviño

Cheese played a surprisingly important role in human evolution

Cheese played a surprisingly important role in human evolution

By Penny Bickle/The Conversation

Your regular reminder that humans still waste way too much food

Your regular reminder that humans still waste way too much food

By Rachel Feltman