Food

In his new book, “Personal Science,” quantified-self expert Gary Wolf shares how to hone your observational skills to optimize your health.

Insect-based foods, fuels, fertilizers, and antimicrobials will be a part of our future, like it or not.

Microbiome research has huge implications for the very sick. But can startups get healthy people in on the action?

Demand from body builders, neonatal intensive care units, and Big Pharma fuels synbio substitutions for the goodness of breast milk.

Early studies of intermittent fasting for breast cancer are underway to see if it slows tumor growth and saves lives.

A new book considers how past innovations transformed our food systems.

Will fears of climate change cause Great Britain to loosen its restrictions on genetically edited crops?

Blasting grapevines into space could help the wine industry survive climate change.

Hunger, profits, and Atoms For Peace have driven attempts to alter crops with radiation, chemicals, and genetic manipulation.

Could a new chemical test that quantifies off flavors transform the chocolate industry?