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The 'ancestral diet' doesn't make sense and relies on lazy stereotypes

The 'ancestral diet' doesn't make sense and relies on lazy stereotypes

19 February 2020

Eating like your ancestors did 5000 years ago is a fad on the rise. James Wong wonders if following the "ancestral diet" means he should eat pangolins or live a life of abject poverty
plastic cow in Petri dish

Cultured meat needs a lot more government backing – for all our sakes

19 February 2020

Lab-grown meat could change the world for the better, but relying on the free market to develop it is a recipe for disaster. Governments must step up
The huge problem of food waste could be twice as big as we thought

The huge problem of food waste could be twice as big as we thought

12 February 2020

A widely cited estimate of food waste appears to be wrong because it fails to account for how much more food rich people waste than poorer people

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