Measuring the addictive potential of 'ultra-processed foods'

Measuring the addictive potential of ‘ultra-processed foods’

Scientific American | 
Given the option, most rats will choose sugar instead of cocaine. Their lust for the carbohydrate is so intense that they ...
Hi-tech coatings and other ways to help slow spoiling of fruits and vegetables

Hi-tech coatings and other ways to help slow spoiling of fruits and vegetables

BBC | 
The problem of rotting apples and mouldering grain may have been a matter of season-to-season survival for our ancestors. Today ...
‘Mission to find the perfect tomato’: Gene editing brings us antioxidant-rich, high-yielding varieties

‘Mission to find the perfect tomato’: Gene editing brings us antioxidant-rich, high-yielding varieties

BBC | 
The bushy tangle of elongated leaves and small red fruits were characteristic of a wild species of tomato plant native ...
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Humans are poor climbers and clumsy jumpers, but boy can we throw. Here’s how and why that happened

With the Tokyo Olympics on the horizon, Kara Winger is training hard. “I want to make the top eight in ...
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Demand surges for genetic autism testing in Europe

Spectrum | 
In France, some two-thirds of autistic children receive some kind of genetic test, paid for by the national health service ...
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Green meal: GMO foods, synthetic milk, lab-grown meat on the menu

Post Magazine | 
Feeding the 10 billion will require some creative solutions – and unpalatable compromises. Perhaps we can learn to love algae, ...
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Sustainably produced ‘cow’s milk’ made using genetically engineered yeast coming to your breakfast table

Mother Jones | 
...[T]he next trend for [milk] isn't a plant-based alternative: It's cow's milk—with a twist. Though nearly identical to the stuff you ...

Loneliness may have evolved in humans to help us survive

Washington Post | 
Loneliness...can...make you depressed, shatter your sleep, [or] even kill you. Yet scientists think loneliness evolved because it was good for ...
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Genes contribute to political views, but they don’t tell whole story

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists and laypeople alike ...
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