Environmental and public health advocates have renewed calls for Nigeria to halt the approval and deployment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), warning that the country risks exposing citizens ...
Gene-edited animals, including faster-growing fish, heat-tolerant cows and disease-resistant pigs, have already been approved in the United States, Japan and several countries in South America. These ...
Yes, ultraprocessed junk like Twinkies is bad for you. No, we don’t need artificial food dyes in our cereal. Yes, “real food” like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is as nutritious as it was when ...
Crying in the kitchen while chopping onions may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a decades-long research effort by a Japanese food company that has produced a tearless onion variety ...
Nigeria faces a critical level of hunger, according to the 2024 Global Hunger Index. With 30.6 million people experiencing acute ...
By showering cuttings and seeds with gamma rays and the like, we do what nature does – garble genomes – much faster. Most irradiated plants perish in the downpour, admittedly. But some, by chance, ...
Examine the benefits and challenges of using yeast and vaccines for more effective and consumer-friendly immunization strategies.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A plump, plum-colored tomato might be making a splash in Australian supermarkets soon, according to the ...
Do you like meat? Well, we might taste its flavor in other foods… I know this sounds a bit weird, but a group of scientists from the University of Jiangnan (China) has created a new type of fungus ...
B vitamins serve several crucial roles in the body and are naturally eliminated in the urine, so they require daily replacement through various foods. Examples of foods rich in various B vitamins ...
Most of us don’t eat enough fruits and veggies, but with a broad and varied diet, nutrient deficiencies are relatively rare. However, billions of people on Earth don’t have the luxury of a broad and ...