Food
Yes, Spiders Eat Spiders
Portia spiders, known for their remarkable intelligence, have some of the most astonishing hunting skills in the arthropod community
Using Math to Build the Ultimate Taffy Machine
A mathematician dives into taffy-pulling patents to achieve optimum confection creation
Wacky, Wonderful, Wild Hops Could Transform the Watered-Down Beer Industry
The diversity of hops reflects a diversity of tastes and traditions that are part of an extraordinary evolution in beer
Hungry for Morel Mushrooms? Head to Yosemite
It turns out that the shriveled shrooms love forests ravaged by fire
Ajiaco, Cuba in a Cauldron
With origins in the island’s oldest culture, <i>ajiaco</i> is a stew that adapts to the times
It’s 2016. Here’s How Hungry the World Is
More than 21 percent of the developing world is in “serious” need of food, according to a new report
1,600-Year-Old Feast Unearthed in Alberta
Archeologists at Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump have excavated a rare roasting pit with the meal still left inside
New Study Highlights Coke and Pepsi's Uncomfortable Links to Health Organizations
In five years, the two soda companies sponsored at least 96 health and medical groups
Why Those Headlines About Rising Food Costs Are So Confusing
There's more to the story
A Hungry Snake Finds a Whole Colony of Sociable Weavers
Nesting in close proximity to each other has a lot of advantages for sociable weavers
Nobel Physics Prize Goes to Exploration of Exotic Matter, Explained in Bagels
Winners probed superconductors and superfluids, launching the ongoing hunt for strange phases of matter
After 80 Years, New York’s Iconic Carnegie Deli Is Closing for Good
The iconic jewish deli has served heaps of pastrami in Times Square for decades
What Living Like Goats and Badgers Can Teach Us About Ourselves
Two Englishmen won the Ig Nobel Prize for eating grass, earthworms and worse in the name of science
Russian Burger King Campaign Isn't the First to Mix Art and Advertising
There’s a lot of back-and-forth between these worlds
This Supermarket Sells Only Wasted Food
It’s a yummy solution to a worldwide problem
Two Hungry Reporters Dig Into the Sweet Home Café at the African American History Museum
We're still digesting the rich narrative—but mostly, the Georgia shrimp and Anson Mills stone ground grits
Why Do We Still Have Morse Code and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answer
France Waves "Au Revoir" to Plastic Tableware
If it doesn't come from biological sources, the country's new motto is "just say <i>non</i>"
Male Widow Spiders Prefer Younger Ladies—So They Don’t Get Eaten
This strategy means they live to mate again, upending assumptions about these arachnids
Find Out Why Boudin Is Louisiana's Most Famous Sausage
The state is studded with shrines to the rice-filled pork treat
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