Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become the latest villain in our never-ending search for an easy scapegoat. But before we ...

Another week of reading. Where the government dissolves consumer protections like sugar in a banker’s coffee, AI contemplates ...

The poultry supply chain has perfected the art of turning living creatures into nuggets with more chickens slaughtered in two ...

The FDA has made some modest efforts, but it needs an internal organization that understands and would be an aggressive ...

Did you ever take a swig of aspartame-sweetened diet soda and have it taste nasty? Sour, metallic, and vile, but not sweet.

Should he be confirmed, RFK Jr. will no doubt continue with his playbook to promote false claims about vaccine safety. This ...

Our ancestors had to rely on their vision to find safe, nutritious food, but today, we’re surrounded by so much literal eye ...

If you’ve been on the internet recently, you’ve likely encountered Bryan Johnson’s meticulously optimized, data-driven quest ...

After a long, soul-sucking commute, fast food may be the great American compromise between hunger, exhaustion, and the ...

Imagine resurrecting a long-debunked myth, slapping a fresh coat of pseudoscience on it, and dropping it just in time to sway ...

America’s birth rate is plummeting, and with it, the economic foundations of programs like Social Security. Lars and I ...

During 2023-24 seizures of street drugs laced with carfentanil - a highly potent analog of fentanyl - rose by 720%. Despite ...