Food has always carried meaning, but in contemporary nutrition culture, it is increasingly treated as a moral test. In the unqualified world of wellness and nutrition influencers, foods are no longer ...

Constipation is often treated as a simple plumbing problem, too little movement, too much delay. But emerging research ...

What do Sichuanese chefs shrugging at The French Laundry, a meticulously dispatched bonito, a mountain of DoorDash detritus, and the psychic hum of “food noise” have in common? They all expose how ...

Obviously, there was no era in which Americans were healthier than now, except in a romanticized imagination. Is there really ...

A failed private lawsuit accusing major food companies of engineering addictive food has been resurrected by San Francisco’s city attorney, recasting contested nutrition science as a public nuisance.

Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disorder, often robbing individuals of their grip on reality and ability to function. So when a US Cabinet secretary claims it can be cured by changing one’s ...

One of the universal challenges in human knowledge is translating what is deeply felt and implicitly understood into ...

Microplastics have become a hot topic in environmental science — and a reliable source of alarming headlines. A new study reports a nifty approach to removing them using genetically engineered ...

Hedy Lamarr’s legacy extends far beyond Hollywood glamour. Behind the screen persona was an inventive mind that helped ...

At a moment when ultra-processed foods, industrial agriculture, and food subsidies are under political siege, can a New York ...