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

By Neel V. Patel

dinosaur eats dinosaur

What did dinosaurs eat? 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 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 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 Climate change brings rising seas—and beer prices

By Marlene Cimons

two babies on a green background

The weirdest things we learned this week: eating your own twin, embalmed milk, and levitating frogs The weirdest things we learned this week: eating your own twin, embalmed milk, and levitating frogs

By Rachel Feltman

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

By Rachel Feltman

Freezer bags are the secret to eating well on your next camping trip

Freezer bags are the secret to eating well on your next camping trip Freezer bags are the secret to eating well on your next camping trip

By Alisha McDarris

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

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 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 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 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 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 Your regular reminder that humans still waste way too much food

By Rachel Feltman

Coconut oil is the latest reminder that there’s no such thing as a ‘superfood’ Coconut oil is the latest reminder that there’s no such thing as a ‘superfood’

By Claire Maldarelli

human body sweat

The weirdest things we learned this week: eating organs, celebrating sweat, and banning dogs The weirdest things we learned this week: eating organs, celebrating sweat, and banning dogs

By Sara Chodosh

Bananas: your cousin, maybe?

Bananas: your cousin, maybe? Bananas: your cousin, maybe?

By Eleanor Cummins

food measurements

Can food have negative calories? Can food have negative calories?

By Louise Dunford/The Conversation

Most of your sodium isn’t coming from your salt shaker

Most of your sodium isn’t coming from your salt shaker Most of your sodium isn’t coming from your salt shaker

By Sara Chodosh

The easiest meals the PopSci staff knows how to make

The easiest meals the PopSci staff knows how to make The easiest meals the PopSci staff knows how to make

By Popular Science Team

Steve Jobs iPad Apple tech children rules

Industry insiders don’t use their products like we do. That should worry us. Industry insiders don’t use their products like we do. That should worry us.

By Eleanor Cummins

A beginner’s guide to finding wild edible plants that won’t kill you

A beginner’s guide to finding wild edible plants that won’t kill you A beginner’s guide to finding wild edible plants that won’t kill you

beer lager pour

The weirdest things we learned this week: Curing syphilis with malaria, ejecting bears from planes, and discovering new beer yeasts The weirdest things we learned this week: Curing syphilis with malaria, ejecting bears from planes, and discovering new beer yeasts

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: artistic farts, meat lozenges, and Tesla’s beloved pigeon The weirdest things we learned this week: artistic farts, meat lozenges, and Tesla’s beloved pigeon

By Rachel Feltman

The timing of your dinner could affect your overall cancer risk

The timing of your dinner could affect your overall cancer risk The timing of your dinner could affect your overall cancer risk

By Neel V. Patel

hunter gatherer bow arrow

Ancient hunter-gatherers didn’t all eat paleo Ancient hunter-gatherers didn’t all eat paleo

By Sara Chodosh

New tech could soon let you test whether your lettuce carries E. coli

New tech could soon let you test whether your lettuce carries E. coli New tech could soon let you test whether your lettuce carries E. coli

By Dana G. Smith

Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you

Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you Another giant study confirms that your coffee habit is probably good for you

By Sara Chodosh

This self-driving grocery delivery car will sacrifice itself to save pedestrians

This self-driving grocery delivery car will sacrifice itself to save pedestrians This self-driving grocery delivery car will sacrifice itself to save pedestrians

Koji strip steak

This Japanese fungus can dry-age a steak in 48 hours. Here’s how. This Japanese fungus can dry-age a steak in 48 hours. Here’s how.

By Kevin Gray and Jason Tasauro

a medieval illustration of people cooking

The weirdest things we learned this week: scientists doing sex magick, ancient mac and cheese, and contagious writer’s block The weirdest things we learned this week: scientists doing sex magick, ancient mac and cheese, and contagious writer’s block

By Rachel Feltman

Why your brain loves mac and cheese more than macaroni or cheese alone

Why your brain loves mac and cheese more than macaroni or cheese alone Why your brain loves mac and cheese more than macaroni or cheese alone

By Claire Maldarelli

spoons full of condiments

The weirdest things we learned this week: fake memories, sperm is not full of tiny men, and how ketchup makes the grade The weirdest things we learned this week: fake memories, sperm is not full of tiny men, and how ketchup makes the grade

By Rachel Feltman

Avoiding GMO food might be tougher than you think

Avoiding GMO food might be tougher than you think Avoiding GMO food might be tougher than you think

By Sara Chodosh

Carbon emissions are sucking the nutrition out of our food

Carbon emissions are sucking the nutrition out of our food Carbon emissions are sucking the nutrition out of our food

By Nick Stockton

There are only 13 actual vitamins, and you’ll die without them

There are only 13 actual vitamins, and you’ll die without them There are only 13 actual vitamins, and you’ll die without them

By Sara Chodosh

Lab-grown meat might not be the answer to our protein problem

Lab-grown meat might not be the answer to our protein problem Lab-grown meat might not be the answer to our protein problem

What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020

What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020 What to expect from the new GMO labels we’re getting in 2020

By Sara Chodosh

I developed a sturdier, crisper, and yummier apple

I developed a sturdier, crisper, and yummier apple I developed a sturdier, crisper, and yummier apple

Earth lights from the atmosphere.

The case for burning our way to a cleaner planet The case for burning our way to a cleaner planet

By Marlene Cimons

someone washing a horse

The weirdest things we learned this week: Giant sloths, caged babies, and spicy horse butts The weirdest things we learned this week: Giant sloths, caged babies, and spicy horse butts

By Rachel Feltman

We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate

We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate

By Chloe Williams/Scienceline

A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper

A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper

By Eleanor Cummins

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should) Anyone can compost their food waste (and everyone should)

By Claire Maldarelli

Keep your love of chocolate from destroying the planet with this one easy fix Keep your love of chocolate from destroying the planet with this one easy fix

By Marlene Cimons

Restaurants could save a lot of dough by letting sick employees stay home

Restaurants could save a lot of dough by letting sick employees stay home Restaurants could save a lot of dough by letting sick employees stay home

Why archaeologists are arguing about sweet potatoes

Why archaeologists are arguing about sweet potatoes Why archaeologists are arguing about sweet potatoes

By Sara Chodosh

Intermittent fasting can help you lose weight. But can it make you live longer?

Intermittent fasting can help you lose weight. But can it make you live longer? Intermittent fasting can help you lose weight. But can it make you live longer?

By Claire Maldarelli

Is a hot dog a sandwich? The Apollo 13 astronauts had some thoughts

Is a hot dog a sandwich? The Apollo 13 astronauts had some thoughts Is a hot dog a sandwich? The Apollo 13 astronauts had some thoughts

By Stefanie Waldek

This guy ate a pepper so hot doctors thought he might be having an aneurysm

This guy ate a pepper so hot doctors thought he might be having an aneurysm This guy ate a pepper so hot doctors thought he might be having an aneurysm

By Sara Chodosh

The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars

The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars The first Antarctic greenhouse harvest may lettuce go to Mars

a pile of spaghetti

Worried pasta will make you fat? Spaghettaboutit. Worried pasta will make you fat? Spaghettaboutit.

One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions

One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country’s food-based emissions

By Sara Chodosh

Chocolate cake in a mug with a spoon

Add a dash of chemistry for the best microwave mug cake of your life Add a dash of chemistry for the best microwave mug cake of your life

By Jason Lederman

How to make caramel at home without losing your mind

How to make caramel at home without losing your mind How to make caramel at home without losing your mind

By Mary Beth Griggs

Egg whites could help power a clean-energy future

Egg whites could help power a clean-energy future Egg whites could help power a clean-energy future

By Marlene Cimons

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why

Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why Yogurt marinades make meat perfectly tender—here’s why

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback

Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback

By Eleanor Cummins

There’s no such thing as naturally orange cheese

There’s no such thing as naturally orange cheese There’s no such thing as naturally orange cheese

By Sara Chodosh

The origin story of domesticated rabbits may be all wrong

The origin story of domesticated rabbits may be all wrong The origin story of domesticated rabbits may be all wrong

By Jessica Boddy

We might need to turn our poop into food to survive in space

We might need to turn our poop into food to survive in space We might need to turn our poop into food to survive in space

By Rachel Feltman

Should you feed your pet raw meat?

Should you feed your pet raw meat? Should you feed your pet raw meat?

By Jacqueline Boyd/The Conversation