Monday, October 14, 2024

Food

Latest

Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images

Food

Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

Staff Writer - October 12, 2024

Microbes can influence the connection between the gut and the brain. JDawnInk/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Food

Gut microbe imbalances could predict a child’s risk for autism, ADHD and speech disorders years before symptoms appear

Nearly 60% of respondents to one medical school survey said they received no nutritional education at all. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Food

Diet-related diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the US – yet many doctors receive little to no nutrition education in med school

Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Food

America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why

Two foods may have the same number of calories, but other food factors and your microbes influence which calories your body uses more of. Martin Barraud/OJO Images via Getty Images

Food

Is weight loss as simple as calories in, calories out? In the end, it’s your gut microbes and leftovers that make your calories count

US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and food prices soared

Food

US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government...

Staff Writer - September 5, 2024

Consuming these types of foods regularly can contribute to mental health risks. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Food

Blood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety...

Staff Writer - August 20, 2024

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Food

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

Staff Writer - August 18, 2024

Buying milk instead of an energy drink? You might be a good credit risk. d3sign/Getty Images

Food

No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

Staff Writer - August 10, 2024

Growing rice can slow soil loss and the lowering of surface elevation. Frank Bienewald/Getty Images

Food

Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s...

Staff Writer - August 8, 2024

Boba Tea mixologist Tina Ely greets Life & News with a smile as Happy Boba Tea is named Best Boba Tea in Port Charlotte

Food

Happy Boba Tea named “Best Boba Tea in Port Charlotte 2024”...

Staff Writer - April 20, 2024

Food

Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers,...

Staff Writer - March 20, 2024

EXPLORING NATURE

Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

Health

Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...

Staff Writer - September 15, 2024

Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes...

September 14, 2024

Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists...

September 13, 2024

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...

September 10, 2024

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

September 4, 2024