Frontiers
Can’t start your day without a cup of joe? Coffee’s energizing effects may be a placebo
Scientists testing coffee against plain caffeine found that plain caffeine only partially reproduces the effects of drinking a cup of ...
Viewpoint: ‘We’re pushing our food systems past their breaking point’ – Why acre for acre, algae is a model sustainable food
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), believe algae could be a new kind of superfood thanks to its high ...
A single kilo of saffron is worth up to $10,000. Here’s the genetic history of the world’s most expensive spice
When and where was saffron first domesticated by our ancestors? In a review in Frontiers in Plant Science, researchers conclude that ...
Neurochemical kindness? The more oxytocin in our aging brains, the nicer and happier we are
People whose brains release more of the neurochemical oxytocin are kinder to others and are more satisfied with their lives ...
What happens in our brains when we die?
Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain and discovered rhythmic brain wave patterns around the time of ...
3,000 years ago, human brains shrunk — but as a species, we got smarter. How did that happen?
It is well documented that human brains have increased in size over the course of our evolutionary history. Less appreciated ...
Promoting lab-grown meat as ‘high-tech’ innovation could fuel consumer fear of alternative protein
In the near future, we will be able to mass-produce meat directly from animal cells. This cultured meat could change ...
Lab-grown meat may boost climate change more than cattle farming
Currently proposed types of lab-grown meat cannot provide a cure-all for the detrimental climate impacts of meat production without a ...
