Tag: Food
Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t...
Paul D. Terry, University of Tennessee
Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food — some love the burn,...
Gut microbes are the community within you that you can’t live...
Christopher Damman, University of Washington
The age-old adage “you are what you eat” holds profound truth. Nearly every molecule...
How do spices get their flavor?
Beronda L. Montgomery, Grinnell College
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains...
Monica Dus, University of Michigan
Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders?
‘Man, the hunter’? Archaeologists’ assumptions about gender roles in past humans...
Raven Garvey, University of Michigan
One of the most common stereotypes about the human past is that men did...
How did abuse get baked into the restaurant industry?
Ellen T. Meiser, University of Hawaii at Hilo and Eli R. Wilson, University of New Mexico
When the The...
These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that...
Easter bunnies, cacao beans and pollinating bugs: A basket of 6...
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
Tens of millions of chocolate bunnies get sold in the U.S. every Easter. Here are...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
