Food Science

There are 40 ground-up crickets in every bar.

Are You Ready For Protein Bars Made From Crickets?

They’re good for you and the environment, but are they good enough to eat?

It's a Myth: There's No Evidence That Coffee Stunts Kids' Growth

The long-held misconception can be traced to claims made in advertisements for Postum, an early 1900s coffee alternative

Frozen seafood in the lab, ready for DNA testing.

The DNA Detectives That Reveal What Seafood You're Really Eating

Genetic sequencing allows scientists to uncover increasingly prevalent seafood fraud

Shiner Bock beer-battered onion rings

Beer Batter is Better; Science Says So

What's the difference between beer-battered fried foods and those fried in water-based batter?

Peeps diorama by Sarah Zielinski, Amanda Bensen and Jamie Simon

A Peep Experiment

In peep jousting, two peeps, armed with toothpicks, battle it out in a microwave

A carpet of moss.

Ancient, Doomed "Iceman" Had Been Eating Mosses

Scientists found six species of moss in the stomach of the famous five thousand-year-old glacier mummy

Nutritional supplements.

Vitamins: Friend or Foe?

The truth to vitamin supplements

The Bagpiper, 1624

Couldn't Eat Another Bite - But Why?

The reason we feel full while eating

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The Man Who Invented Elsie, the Borden Cow

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