The American startup company Just has previously developed herbal egg products, but are now jumping on the bandwagon to start producing artificially grown meat, with…
Senior IEEE Spectrum News Editor Amy Nordrum sits down with Vice President of Operations for Qualitas Health Inc Rebecca White to talk about what…
Food scientists and startups are trying to make meat more ethically appealing by growing it -- cell by cell -- in a lab instead…
Food researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that consuming small amounts of chromium mixed with certain amino acids before eating is healthy. Why?…
Protein is very important. The amount we consume in our diet impacts our health and body directly. We need it to build and repair cells…
Today, three elite runners backed by a small army of scientists will attempt an audacious assault on the boundaries of the possible by trying to…
Data from the Framingham Heart Study has shown that people who more frequently consume sugary beverages such as sodas and fruit juices are more likely…
What if you could hack your DNA to run faster, jump higher or become stronger? The Economist investigates what has been smoldering as a theoretical…
The bacteria in our guts can break down food the body can’t digest, produce important nutrients, regulate the immune system, and protect against harmful germs.…
Reactions’ latest episode explains the chemistry behind its effects – drunkenness, frequent bathroom breaks and occasionally poor decision-making.
Recent studies have found that habitual coffee drinking actually affects our DNA. But how exactly? Well, it's complicated. "Coffee is one of the most consumed…
Humans (and our pets) frequently instinctively stretch as soon as we wake up. But why? What is happening in our bodies when we stretch and…
Invisible to the naked eye, yet a constant presence, microbes ('germs') live in, on and around us. The researchers in this project collaborate with members…
Ben Greenfield is an ex-bodybuilder, Ironman triathlete, Spartan racer, coach, speaker and author of the New York Times Bestseller “Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health and…
Dr Brendan Egan is a University College Dublin (UCD) lecturer in sport and exercise science in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population…
Caltech celebrated the launch of Break Through: The Caltech Campaign—an ambitious fundraising initiative that will help secure the Institute’s future. The celebration began with…
Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what…
Evolutionary biologists argue that no study of human health or evolution is complete without considering the trillions of microbes that live in us or on…
Conventional wisdom about diets, including government health recommendations, seems to change all the time. And yet ads routinely come out claiming to have THE answer…
This Forum explored what we know, and don’t know, about links between diet and cancer. Included in the discussion was the World Health Organization’s classification…