Tag: Sugar
What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners?...
Kristine Nolin, University of Richmond
A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search...
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...
The spooky and dangerous side of black licorice
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side. On Sept. 23, 2020,...
How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and...
Tom Zoellner, Chapman University
While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to face consumer pressure for...
Curious Kids: Why does pizza taste so good?
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Curious kids: Why don’t hummingbirds get fat or sick from drinking...
Jessica Pollock, Boise State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Sugars in mother’s milk help shape baby’s microbiome and ward off...
Steven Townsend, Vanderbilt University
While living in a mother’s womb, cushioned by amniotic fluid and protected from the outside world, babies have only minimal exposure...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
