Food Matters

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Cuisine

Migrants have played influential role shaping American taste, but not all contributions have been valued equally

Peanut-Buttery Prevention: New Guidelines to Thwart the Peanut Allergy Epidemic?

New research is changing the way doctors think about early exposure to potential allergens

Food Allergies Suck Less Than Cancer [Podcast]

In the latest episode of Audiommunity, we discuss the first known acquired food allergy, apparently caused by a bone-marrow transplant.

My New Image Policy

A reference post for why I’m going to start having silly drawings in my posts instead of real data. 

Taste Buds: Issues and Innovations Emerging in the Field of Edible Marijuana

Edibles have become a popular option for cannabis consumption. Since its legalization, there have been issues within this budding field. Some might say marijuana’s relationship with food is much like Cheech and Chong’s--completely entwined but not without its glitches.

Pushing and Pulling on the Mosquito Microbiome

Spare a thought for the mosquito microbiome - these insects curate their resident bacteria by secreting special molecules that protect their friends and leave foes open to attack.

Eating Jim Crow

Southern foodways provide insight into the ways segregation was developed and maintained during the Jim Crow era

Feeding a Malnourished Microbiome

New research shows that sugars lacking from the milk of malnourished mothers may be the key to a gut ecosystem children need for proper growth

Sorry, Pescatarians: Congress Says Catfish are Now Effectively "Meat," and What this Means for Biodiversity

The new USDA catfish inspection program costs millions, solves no problem, and could hamper efforts to maintain the biodiversity of the Chesapeake Bay.   

Learning Science Can Be as Easy as Pie

Apple, pumpkin, berry, key lime--no matter what kind, all pies are filled with science.

Expeditions

Extinction Countdown

News and research about endangered species from around the world

Frontiers for Young Minds

Science by and for kids ages 8-15

Guest Blog

Commentary invited by editors of Scientific American

Illusion Chasers

Illusions, Delusions, and Everyday Deceptions

Life, Unbounded

Discussion and news about planets, exoplanets, and astrobiology

MIND Guest Blog

Commentary invited by editors of Scientific American Mind

Not bad science

New discoveries in animal behavior and cognition

Observations

Opinion, arguments & analyses from the editors of Scientific American

Plugged In

More than wires - exploring the connections between energy, environment, and our lives

Roots of Unity

Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.

Rosetta Stones

Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.

SA Visual

STAFFIllustrating science since 1845

Talking back

STAFFA science blog, sans blague

Tetrapod Zoology

Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals - living and extinct

The Artful Amoeba

A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth

Voices

Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.