Electric Cutlery Can Make Food Taste Saltier Without Being Saltier
If you’re trying to eat healthier in the new year, maybe by cutting back on salt, here’s something that might help: cutlery that can make food seem saltier without the added salt.
There’s A Plastic-Free Food Wrap You Kind Of Spray On
Plastic food wrap is useful stuff, but not eco-friendly. Now Rutgers University has a green alternative, and it’s not exactly wrap. You kind of spray it on.
Tenino, Washington, The Town That Makes Its Own Money Out Of Wood
Digital currencies are having a rough 2022, but one alternative currency has been doing pretty well for itself lately. That’s the wooden money made in Tenino, Washington.
What Exactly Is A Calorie And Why Do So Many People Loathe Them Every January?
One of the classic changes people try to make at this time of year, for better or for worse, is trying to cut calories. But what are calories, exactly, and where did the measurement come from?
Yuan Longping Developed The Rice That Fed Millions
Yuan Longping, born today in 1930, was known as the Father of Hybrid Rice, and his work saved countless people from famine and starvation. Here's more of his story.
Shape-Shifting Pasta Could Be The Next Big Sustainable Thing
With pasta most of what we're shipping is the air in the box. So a team at Carnegie Mellon University found a way to make flat-packed pasta that changes shape as it cooks.
Order A Cold Sandwich And You May Be More Likely To Get Sides, Too
A study out of Rutgers University-Camden finds people who order cold sandwiches instead of hot ones also pick up chips, cookies and other sides much more often. Why?
Put This Sensor On Your Food And See If It’s Safe To Eat
A sensor developed at MIT uses a set of microneedles to push through packaging and determine whether the food inside is safe to eat, which could prevent food waste and help head off outbreaks of salmonella.
Alice Coachman Raised The Bar For Team USA
We don’t have the Olympic Games right now, but we can still mark a big Olympic moment that happened on this day in 1948: the day Alice Coachman became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold.
Even For Meringue This Meringue Is Light
This meringue is just about the lightest dessert ever made. We guarantee you won’t think it's too filling.