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Archaeologists Reconstruct Diet of Nelson's Navy With New Chemical Analysis of Excavated Bones
March 23, 2012 — Salt beef, sea biscuits and the occasional weevil; the food endured by sailors during the Napoleonic wars is seldom imagined to be appealing. Now a new chemical analysis technique has allowed ... > full story -
Hot Zones for Grizzly Bear Encounters Mapped
March 22, 2012 — The ranchland near the southwestern Alberta town of Pincher Creek is a hot zone for grizzly bear encounters according to a new study. The researchers mapped the locations of 303 grizzly bear ... > full story -
New Antibiotic Could Make Food Safer and Cows Healthier
March 19, 2012 — Food-borne diseases might soon have another warrior to contend with, thanks to a new molecule discovered by chemists. The new antibiotic, an analog of the widely used food preservative nisin, also ... > full story -
The Brazilian Rainforest : Caught Between Biodiversity and Business
February 28, 2012 — Brazil is exporting more and more agricultural produce: soya beans and beef in particular, but also corn, rice and sugar. Taken together, these exports represent half of Brazil’s total today. ... > full story -
Food Scientists Fortify Goat Cheese With Fish Oil to Deliver Healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids
February 16, 2012 — Fish oil is an underused ingredient in the food industry because of its association with a strong odor and aftertaste. A new study shows that fish oil can be added to goat cheese to deliver high ... > full story -
Goat Kids Can Develop Accents
February 16, 2012 — The ability to change vocal sounds and develop an accent is potentially far more widespread in mammals than previously believed, according to new research on ... > full story -
Research Reveals the True Cost of a Burger
February 14, 2012 — Society could considerably reduce its carbon footprint if more of us switched to a vegetarian diet, according to new ... > full story -
Seven Sweet Facts About How Chocolate Is Made
February 10, 2012 — Most people are unaware of how chocolate gets from trees to your table find out with these seven fun ... > full story -
Kids Show Cultural Gender Bias
February 10, 2012 — A recent study examining whether speaking French influenced how children assigned gender to objects yielded some interesting observations. Researchers found some differences between the monolingual ... > full story -
Growing Up on a Farm Directly Affects Regulation of the Immune System, Study Finds
February 8, 2012 — A new study has shown, for the first time, that growing up on a farm directly affects the regulation of the immune system and causes a reduction in the immunological responses to food ... > full story
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