The Brain Knows When There Are Carbs in Your Mouth
Our mouths have a secret sense—one that can detect sugar, even if there's no flavor.
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Did Humans Train Dogs to Hunt Woolly Mammoths?
A new hypothesis suggests that our ancestors trained wolves to help them kill.
The Healthy Benefits of a Stressed Out Plant
The biological principle of xenohormesis suggests that organic farming advocates might very well be pampering their plants into nutritional laziness.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
The National School Lunch Program aims to deliver affordable and nutritious meals to our schoolchildren, but it usually only meets one of those goals.
Mapping El Niño’s Looming Effect on Global Croplands
A monster El Niño could be on its way, and it will likely have a complicated effect on the world's breadbaskets.
A Roadkill Revolution: Eating Animals to Liberate Them
A philosopher argues that if there are viable ways to reduce intentional harm to animals by eating them—and there are—then all vegetarians who subscribe to the “do-the-least-harm” principle should be obligated to make roadkill a part of their diet.
The Sexual Politics of Veganism
Veganism is too often presented as little more than a means of achieving idealized body types.
The World’s Sea Snails Are on Fire
Pteropods need shells, but growing them can be difficult when the oceans are full of acid.
The State of the Dinner: Commensality as a Political Instrument
We are almost never reluctant to share a drink with strangers, but sharing meals tends to be reserved for those to whom we wish to signal intimacy.