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NASA Habitat Competition Looks For Bioregenerative Space Greenhouses
Science

NASA Habitat Competition Looks For Bioregenerative Space Greenhouses

By Rebecca Boyle

Industrial Food Machine of the Day: Automated Lamb Boner
Environment

Industrial Food Machine of the Day: Automated Lamb Boner

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Can Drinking Moonshine Really Make Me Go Blind?
Science

FYI: Can Drinking Moonshine Really Make Me Go Blind?

By Clay Dillow

Kitchen Alchemy: The Frigid Power of the Blast Chiller
Gear

Kitchen Alchemy: The Frigid Power of the Blast Chiller

By Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot

Tomato Genome Decoded, Will Seed Development of Tastier, Fleshier Fruits
Science

Tomato Genome Decoded, Will Seed Development of Tastier, Fleshier Fruits

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Japanese Dentist Invents Self-Stirring Whirlpool Pot
Technology

Video: Japanese Dentist Invents Self-Stirring Whirlpool Pot

By Colin Lecher

Video: Amazing Coating For Bottles’ Interiors Lets Ketchup Flow Like Water
Technology

Video: Amazing Coating For Bottles’ Interiors Lets Ketchup Flow Like Water

By Paul Adams

Making Preserved Food Actually Taste Good
Science

Making Preserved Food Actually Taste Good

By Paul Adams

PopSci’s Friday Lunch: a Can of Surströmming With Harold McGee
Science

PopSci’s Friday Lunch: a Can of Surströmming With Harold McGee

By Paul Adams

Brain Scans Can Reliably Predict Future Behavior, Including Eating and Sex
Environment

Brain Scans Can Reliably Predict Future Behavior, Including Eating and Sex

By Rebecca Boyle

How Well Does Scotch Age in Zero Gravity? A Distiller Launches Some to Find Out
Science

How Well Does Scotch Age in Zero Gravity? A Distiller Launches Some to Find Out

By Paul Adams

Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table
Technology

Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: French Electronic Musical Jello
Technology

Video: French Electronic Musical Jello

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: Why Does Some Food Taste Bad To Some People And Good To Others?
Science

FYI: Why Does Some Food Taste Bad To Some People And Good To Others?

By Emily Elert

Book Review: Can Science Determine Which Foods Taste Best Together?
Science

Book Review: Can Science Determine Which Foods Taste Best Together?

By Paul Adams

A Taste of Exotic Meats at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner
Environment

A Taste of Exotic Meats at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner

By Paul Adams

FYI: Why Do Kids Hate Brussels Sprouts?
Science

FYI: Why Do Kids Hate Brussels Sprouts?

By Ryan Bradley

Has Google Discovered Dark Butter?
Technology

Has Google Discovered Dark Butter?

By Paul Adams

Video: Supermarket Checkout Scanner Uses Object Recognition Instead of Bar Codes
Technology

Video: Supermarket Checkout Scanner Uses Object Recognition Instead of Bar Codes

By Paul Adams

FYI: Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food?
Science

FYI: Will People Ever Evolve Out of Craving Unhealthy Food?

By Amber Williams

FYI: Do Competitive Eaters Have Unusual Stomachs?
Science

FYI: Do Competitive Eaters Have Unusual Stomachs?

By Bette Marston

Video: Mixing 21st-Century Cocktails with Dave Arnold at Booker & Dax
Technology

Video: Mixing 21st-Century Cocktails with Dave Arnold at Booker & Dax

By Paul Adams

Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster
Technology

Tested: A Chemical Time Machine Makes Whiskey Taste Older, Faster

By Paul Adams

How Scottish Scientists Re-Created a Hundred-Year-Old Whisky
Science

How Scottish Scientists Re-Created a Hundred-Year-Old Whisky

By Paul Adams

The Army’s Latest Innnovation: A Sandwich That Stays Fresh for Two Years
Technology

The Army’s Latest Innnovation: A Sandwich That Stays Fresh for Two Years

By Clay Dillow

Restaurant Menus Will Include DNA Barcodes to Verify Fish Species
Science

Restaurant Menus Will Include DNA Barcodes to Verify Fish Species

By Rebecca Boyle

Rice Is Genetically Modified to Produce Human Blood Protein
Science

Rice Is Genetically Modified to Produce Human Blood Protein

By Rebecca Boyle

The Techno-Culinary Trickeries of Andoni Luis Aduriz
Technology

The Techno-Culinary Trickeries of Andoni Luis Aduriz

By Paul Adams

Inside the Factory: How a Chef’s Knife Is Made
Technology

Inside the Factory: How a Chef’s Knife Is Made

By Paul Adams

Japanese Domino’s Unveils Elaborate, Carefully Thought-Out Plans to Sling Pizza on the Moon
Science

Japanese Domino’s Unveils Elaborate, Carefully Thought-Out Plans to Sling Pizza on the Moon

By Dan Nosowitz

Tasting Scotch Whisky, Note By Vacuum-Distilled Note
Technology

Tasting Scotch Whisky, Note By Vacuum-Distilled Note

By Paul Adams

Fraunhofer Lab Debuts Healthful Ice Cream Made from Flowers Instead of Milk
Health

Fraunhofer Lab Debuts Healthful Ice Cream Made from Flowers Instead of Milk

By Rebecca Boyle

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries
Environment

USDA Won’t Regulate Genetically Modified Grass, Sparking Superweed Worries

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: What is the Hottest Pepper in the World?
Science

FYI: What is the Hottest Pepper in the World?

By Paul Adams

An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
Health

An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour
Environment

Video: Automatic Butcherbot Debones 1,500 Whole Chickens Per Hour

By Dan Nosowitz

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea
Science

Why Sex With Creatures from the Future Is a Bad Idea

By Jennifer Abbasi

Video: Robot Roommates Prepare and Serve a German Sausage Breakfast
Technology

Video: Robot Roommates Prepare and Serve a German Sausage Breakfast

By Rebecca Boyle

iPhone Controlled Cannon Tosses Beer From the Fridge
DIY

iPhone Controlled Cannon Tosses Beer From the Fridge

By as told to Amanda Schupak, Ryan Rusnak

Are We Ignoring the Small but Brilliant Innovations That Could Bridge the Energy Gap?
Environment

Are We Ignoring the Small but Brilliant Innovations That Could Bridge the Energy Gap?

By Hillary Rosner

Government Says Biotech Companies Can Be Their Own Safety Testers
Technology

Government Says Biotech Companies Can Be Their Own Safety Testers

By Rebecca Boyle

Atomic Gardens, the Biotechnology of the Past, Can Teach Lessons About the Future of Farming
Environment

Atomic Gardens, the Biotechnology of the Past, Can Teach Lessons About the Future of Farming

By Rebecca Boyle

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk
Environment

Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk

By Rebecca Boyle

Turmeric Could Be Used to Detect Explosives, Researchers Say
Science

Turmeric Could Be Used to Detect Explosives, Researchers Say

By Rebecca Boyle

Cornell Fabrication Lab Makes Edible Objects With 3-D Printer
Technology

Cornell Fabrication Lab Makes Edible Objects With 3-D Printer

By Clay Dillow

One Billion Hectares Worldwide Have Now Been Planted With Genetically Modified Crops
Environment

One Billion Hectares Worldwide Have Now Been Planted With Genetically Modified Crops

By Rebecca Boyle

Vise Cakes: Making a Grain Puffer on the Cheap
DIY

Vise Cakes: Making a Grain Puffer on the Cheap

By Christopher Martin, Micah Donovan, Nobu Adilman

Weekend Project: PopSci Takes a Home Kitchen Centrifuge For A Spin
DIY

Weekend Project: PopSci Takes a Home Kitchen Centrifuge For A Spin

By Paul Adams

A Tour of The Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Laboratory
Technology

A Tour of The Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Laboratory

By Paul Adams

Breakfast at Myhrvold’s: Pea Butter, Drinkable Bagels, and Other Modernist Miracles
Technology

Breakfast at Myhrvold’s: Pea Butter, Drinkable Bagels, and Other Modernist Miracles

By Paul Adams

Soybeans in Automated Greenhouse
Environment

How To Genetically Modify a Seed, Step By Step

By Rebecca Boyle

Giant Pepper For Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers Bred Specifically For Increased Cheese Payload
Science

Giant Pepper For Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers Bred Specifically For Increased Cheese Payload

By Clay Dillow

New Genetically Modified Chickens Can’t Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say
Health

New Genetically Modified Chickens Can’t Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say

By Rebecca Boyle

Amazing Video: A Water Droplet Skitters In A Super-Hot Pan at 3,000fps
Technology

Amazing Video: A Water Droplet Skitters In A Super-Hot Pan at 3,000fps

By Paul Adams

Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction
Environment

Vatican Praises Genetically Modified Crops, While U.S. Judge Orders Their Destruction

By Rebecca Boyle

How Science Is Changing Your Thanksgiving Feast
Environment

How Science Is Changing Your Thanksgiving Feast

By Rebecca Boyle

In Twenty Years Chocolate Will Be A Rare Delicacy
Environment

In Twenty Years Chocolate Will Be A Rare Delicacy

By Rebecca Boyle

An Order of Meat
Environment

Why I Eat Lion and Other Exotic Meats

By Dave Arnold

Is Your Dinner Endangered? DNA Detectives Investigate
Environment

Is Your Dinner Endangered? DNA Detectives Investigate

By Laura Allen

Video: Chinese Vending Machine Sells Live Hairy Crabs
Environment

Video: Chinese Vending Machine Sells Live Hairy Crabs

By Paul Adams

This Week, FDA Considers Genetically Engineered Salmon for Human Consumption
Environment

This Week, FDA Considers Genetically Engineered Salmon for Human Consumption

By Rebecca Boyle

In Sweet Breakthrough, Scientists Led By Makers of M&Ms Sequence the Chocolate Genome
Environment

In Sweet Breakthrough, Scientists Led By Makers of M&Ms Sequence the Chocolate Genome

By Rebecca Boyle

Europe Announces New Step Towards Farming Endangered, Delicious Bluefin Tuna
Science

Europe Announces New Step Towards Farming Endangered, Delicious Bluefin Tuna

By Paul Adams

Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers
Environment

Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers

By Rebecca Boyle