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Our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.

There is genetically modified produce in a lot of the processed food you eat, but this is the first time that Monsanto is taking fresh GM produce from the ground straight to your mouth. If it works out, there will be plenty more. Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, is known for developing engineered crops (i.e.

After being fished to the brink of extinction, the once abundant (and delicious) cod is coming back due to smart management of the fisheries. But that doesn't mean the species will ever be the same. For 500 years, the waters off Canada's Newfoundland were among richest fishing grounds in the world

The five semi-finalists of the Data Design Diabetes Challenge have made apps to help manage and curtail the United States's growing epidemic. A staggering one in four Americans suffer from diabetes, making it one of the biggest health epidemics in the U.S

Think humans are at the top of the food chain? Not quite, in parts of Africa.

The local food movement in America is gaining steam. The question is whether can it attract sufficient capital from the private sector to build large, profitable businesses.

Just like our animal skin–clad ancestors, we gather food with zeal, lust over the most capable mates, and have an aversion to scammers. And we do still wear plenty of animal skins. But does more separate us from our Stone Age forebears than cartoonists and popular psychologists might have us believe

The death of large predators isn't just a tragedy, it can lead to the utter destruction of whole ecosystems--something that is already happening in many parts of the world. You may not have noticed, but we are in the early to middle stages of the Earth's sixth large extinction event. Compared to the

Not keeping your food safe may lead to uncomfortable - and potentially deadly - consequences

It turns out the size of your fork effects how much you eat. Yes, size matters--but not in the ways you might think. Next time you go out to a restaurant, request a big fork.

A new study shows using iron to fertilize marine plants fundamentally alters seafloor ecosystems. But that might be worth it to slow climate change. “Give me half a tanker of iron, and I’ll give you an ice age,”

What happens when an employee disregards--or doesn't hear--a manager's instructions to save the company's Fourth of July barbecue hot dogs for a Labor Day soiree? We are not making this up.

Our diets are unhealthy, that much is clear. Now, an increasing number of scientists and physicians wonder if our propensity for unhealthy, obesity-inducing eating might be tied to the food choices made during our first weeks and months of life

How far will the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office go?

A new app lets you track all your meals, gamifying eating healthy and making what you eat a social activity. Is this the new Weight Watchers