Ethics
When We're Threatened, We Try to Show What Good People We Are
Outside observers, however, tend to see through flimsy claims of innocence
Language Discrimination Goes Beyond Just Grammar
Even when candidates are all equally qualified, employers pick native speakers over those born abroad
Google Play Kicks Porn of All Types Out of Its Store
The store has never allowed straight-up pornography, but it’s now getting even stricter about what's allowed
Should Robots Have Rights?
Would you murder a robot? If you did, should you be charged for it?
There’s a Hero Inside of Everyone, and We’re Not Saying That to Make You Feel Good
Science journalist Elizabeth Svoboda’s new book examines the roots and reasons of heroism, from evolution and biology to meditation and volunteering
When Heineken Bottles Were Square
In 1963, Alfred Heineken created a beer bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries.
How One Family Helped Change the Way We Eat Ham
The Harris family struck gold when they introduced the ice house to England in 1856, but what were the costs of their innovation?
The Big Dilemma Facing Doctors Without Borders
The non-governmental organization concedes it sometimes pays a moral price to save lives
Don’t Get Duped: Six Foods That Might Not Be The Real Deal
Colored sawdust instead of saffron? Corn syrup instead of honey? It's all in the newly updated USP Food Fraud Database
Five Banned Foods and One That Maybe Should Be
From maggoty cheese to My Little Ponies to roadkill, some illegal and one legal food items in the United States
Magical Thinking and Food Revulsion
Carol Nemeroff studies why certain foods, such as feces-shaped fudge, pink slime, or recycled tap water, gross us out
Law and Order: Four Food Crimes
After stealing $1,500 worth of cooking oil from a Burger King, two men were apprehended siphoning off oil from a Golden Corral
Can a Picky Eater Change Her Ways?
Most expand their culinary horizons as they get older, but a few people hold fast to limited diets of familiar things like macaroni and cheese
Disease Found in Wild Salmon
Are farmed salmon the source of a viral infection off the coast of British Columbia?
Is it Safe to Eat Roadkill?
Enough with the jokes already. Some people are serious about looking to the roadside for an alternative to mass-market meats
Law and Order: New Culinary Crimes
Burglary, felony theft, criminal mischief, abusing a corpse—last month alone was rife with food-related crimes and convictions
Inviting Writing: Food and Independence
Deciding what, how or where we eat is one of the earliest ways we assert our individuality. Do you have a story to share?
Law and Order: More Culinary Crimes
Those who live outside the law sometimes meet their downfall through their relationship with food
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