For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic At the start of his third year of graduate school, Kazi Albab Hussain became a father. As a new dad and a PhD…
Gene-Edited Yeast Is Taking Over Craft Beer While the startup cofounders considered hoppy-tasting but hop-free beer potentially beneficial to brewers and the…
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Grounds report: A coffee trail with Swetha… In 1723, more than 200 years after Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean; a French naval officer…
The First Crispr-Edited Salad Is Here A gene-editing startup wants to help you eat healthier salads. This month, North Carolina–based Pairwise Plants is…
Save the Planet by Eating This Big Ugly Fish On a clear afternoon late last May, Amy Yang leaned over the side of a small fishing boat. Her hands gripped a bow…
As Kenya’s Crops Fail, a Fight Over GMOs Rages Kenya is in the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the country, rivers are running…
Fat, Sugar, Salt … You’ve Been Thinking… In the late 2000s, Carlos Monteiro noticed something strange about the food that Brazilian people were eating. The…
Yes, Lab-Grown Meat Is Vegan I wish I came to veganism through an epiphany about the right to personhood of animals, or recognition of the…
Noma Is Closing. Welcome to the End of Fine… Ten years ago, I went to a therapist for the first time. I was writing a cookbook with an esteemed chef and needed…