Despite what you might have seen online, your lettuce isn’t vaccinating you against polio. But there is some real science behind this leafy claim.

Food has increasingly become a deliberate tool of war. Whether in besieged farming communities in Sudan or in the destruction ...

An electrochemical sensor developed at Oregon State University holds promise for making food quality testing faster, more ...

Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation. They ...

Home cooks often dilute sauces with water, unknowingly sacrificing flavor and texture. This simple act disrupts the delicate ...

Researchers are weaving Native practices with western methods to revive ecosystems and reclaim food sovereignty ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly ...

If China finally eclipses the United States as the world’s preeminent scientific superpower, there won’t be an official announcement. Neither will there necessarily be a dramatic Promethean ...

The video examines food preparation methods across different historical periods using controlled recreations Dishes are prepared using techniques and conditions that reflect earlier stages of cooking ...

A new study put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to judge whether hundreds of scientific hypotheses were true or false—and the results were far from reassuring. While the AI got it right about 80% of ...

Remember watery blue milk? Me too. If 1980s-era nutritional guidelines had you reaching for the milk with the blue cap and the “0%” label, you’re not alone. It was thought, and we were taught, that ...

Scientists once thought illness was caused by “miasmas,” foul vapors that drifted through the air. For centuries, they were certain that the sun rotated around the Earth. Until the 1950s, they ...