Wanna know what annoys me? (Perhaps a better question is what doesn't annoy me.) Near the top of this very long list is the constant and mostly nonsensical war on all things sweet.
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e have to feed plants so that they can feed us. That conclusion was arrived at by virtually every early agricultural civilization, be it in China, Mesopotamia, Europe, or the Americas.
"Natural," "minimally processed," "real food" — these labels encode the popular idea of healthy eating.
Twice a year, daylight saving time reminds us that our bodies keep time better than our clocks. Losing or gaining an hour leaves many of us groggy, hungrier at odd times, less focused, and generally "off" for several days. Jet lag does the same.
Recently, this video exposé on Burger King came across our desks.
“No, I don’t.” That’s my answer to the increasingly frequent questions I’ve been asked about whether I take anti-aging supplements containing polyphenols or NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) boosters.
It's summer, and on Fire Island, that means fishing. Specifically, surfcasting.
In a jarring reversal for a product that had become steadily cheaper over the previous two decades, consecutive drought-stricken harvests in Spain and the spread of the olive tree disease Xylella fa
In today's "Are You Kidding Me?" feature, scientists at Stanford reported that they're using AI to create space-age burger recipes. Seriously? (Yes, seriously.
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