Tag: Food
Move over unicorn lattes, there’s a new Instagram trend in town:...
Matthew Philp, Toronto Metropolitan University; Ethan Pancer, Saint Mary’s University, and Jenna Jacobson, Toronto Metropolitan University
The past decade...
What makes smoky, charred barbecue taste so good? The chemistry of...
Kristine Nolin, University of Richmond
The mere thought of barbecue’s smokey scents and intoxicating flavors is enough to get...
The impact of Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports reverberated across...
Steffi Hamann, University of Guelph
Amid an ongoing global food price crisis, vegetable oils are registering record-breaking highs. According...
A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed...
Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota
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Rising competition for many of the world’s important...
Universal access to free meals at schools can lead to lower...
Michelle Marcus, Vanderbilt University and Katherine G. Yewell, University of Louisville
The Research Brief is a short take about...
America’s cost of ‘defending freedom’ in Ukraine: Higher food and gas...
William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Americans may be tempted to view the war in Ukraine as an unfortunate,...
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and...
Lina Begdache, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Parents often stress about their kids’ sugar intake, but it can be hard to know...
A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins...
Stephen Wooding, University of California, Merced
The sweetness of sugar is one of life’s great pleasures. People’s love for sweet is so visceral, food...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
