Japanese Scientists Create Lab-grown Wagyu Beef

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 12, 2021 ~3 min

China’s wildlife food ban is vital for public health and threatened species – our research reveals what must happen next

We analysed the legal systems regulating the wildlife trade in China. Here’s what we found.

Binbin Li, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Duke Kunshan University • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~7 min


Meat eating drops by 17% over a decade in the UK – new research

But the national goal of cutting meat intake by 30% over the next ten years is likely to be missed.

Cristina Stewart, Health Behaviours Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 8, 2021 ~7 min

Social media is reducing climate change debates to your views on veganism

Diet - specifically veganism - and its impact on identity is becoming the focus of increasingly heated online discussions around climate change.

Mary Sanford, PhD Candidate in Social Data Science, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 1, 2021 ~6 min

The carbon footprint of a full English breakfast – and how to reduce it

Green eggs and bacon anyone? The substitutes you need to make to change your traditional full English into a breakfast which is healthier for the planet – and for you.

Alice Garvey, PhD Researcher in Environmental Policy, University of Leeds • conversation
Sept. 13, 2021 ~7 min

Individual dietary choices can add – or take away – minutes, hours and years of life

A new study puts numbers to the health and environmental benefits – or impacts – of individual foods and shows how small changes can make a significant difference.

Katerina S. Stylianou, Research Associate in Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan • conversation
Aug. 18, 2021 ~10 min

What is the National Food Strategy and how could it change the way England eats?

A new report calls for a greener and fairer food system in England.

David Barling, Professor of Food Policy and Security, Director of the Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
July 21, 2021 ~6 min

Lab–grown and plant–based meat: the science, psychology and future of meat alternatives – podcast

Plus, new research from Indonesia on the relationship between cigarette advertising near schools and children smoking.

Daniel Merino, Assistant Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast • conversation
July 15, 2021 ~4 min


Pescatarians are right – why I say eating fish is more ethical than eating meat

Pescatarians might frustrate purist vegetarians, but the issues surrounding fish are quite different to meat.

Martin Cohen, Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
July 12, 2021 ~6 min

Pescatarians are right – why eating fish is more ethical than eating meat

Pescatarians might frustrate purist vegetarians, but the issues surrounding fish are quite different to meat.

Martin Cohen, Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
July 12, 2021 ~6 min

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