Nudging meat off the menu
How do you convince people to break the habit of a lifetime?
12 October, 2019
A new study says it's okay to eat red meat. An immediate uproar follows.
Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.
01 October, 2019
- A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found little correlation between red meat consumption and health problems.
- A number of organizations immediately contested the evidence, claiming it to be based on an irrelevant system of analysis.
- Beef and dairy production is one of the leading drivers of climate change, forcing humans to weigh personal health against the environment.
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The writing on the wall: The coming collapse of the industrial livestock industry
A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food.
23 September, 2019
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- We're just a few years from the tipping point in engineered food.
- Traditional agriculture's 10,000-year-run is about over.
- Better foods, tastier foods, and cheaper foods are on the way.
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Why synthetic chemicals seem more toxic than natural ones
Some pesticides are about as toxic as table salt.
18 September, 2019
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Many people believe that chemicals, particularly the man-made ones, are highly dangerous.
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Vodka for your post-apocalypse wingding
It's made from Chernobyl water and rye. What could possibly go wrong?
13 August, 2019
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- 33 years later, parts of the exclusion zone may be ready to be reclaimed.
- The beverage similar to Ukrainian vodka will soon be available.
- Raise a glass to the renewable Earth.
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