Human children often copy their friends’ preferences for toys or clothes, while adults are prone to jumping on popular diets ...

The standard explanation for this is that we are enjoying food so much that we’re consuming far more of it than our bodies ...

The research on diet sodas has about as much clarity as a glass of Diet Coke. Here's a quick guide by PolitiFact to ...

Researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) and the University of the Ryukyus have ...

(VSerebrenikov/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) This week in science: Why your cat won't eat; a possible explanation for why ...

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later.

Each study adds a piece to the puzzle of scientific knowledge. But any one study on its own doesn’t tell you all that much.

Researchers at McGill University have found that briefly treating peanuts with cold plasma, an ionically charged gas that triggers chemical changes, reduces their potential to cause allergic reactions ...

Functional foods and bioactive dietary components play an increasingly important role in clinical nutrition and public health. Although many plant- and ...

Simple change in food handling process can cut exposure to toxic plastic chemicals by half - Levels of plastic chemicals ...

Lowering salt in everyday foods could quietly save lives. Researchers found that modest sodium reductions in bread, packaged foods, and takeout meals could significantly reduce heart disease and ...

Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...