Calorie info is often missing from food delivery app menus

Restaurants posting menus on third-party food delivery platforms don't always follow a law that requires they include calorie info.

Tufts University • futurity
Sept. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Taiwan Restaurant Serves Giant Isopod Noodles

VOA Learning English • voa
June 1, 2023 ~4 min


Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu

Truffles are one of the world’s most expensive foods and climate crisis is changing the way they grow.

Paul W Thomas, Honorary Professor Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling • conversation
March 15, 2023 ~7 min

Reusable take-out container benefits go up with use

Reusable take-out containers can reduce plastic waste, emissions, and costs, but only if customers buy into the idea and return them.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 23, 2023 ~6 min

Climate change is putting food safety at risk more often, and not just at picnics and parties – blackouts are a growing problem

Climate change has a clear link to rising foodborne illnesses. Blackouts during heat waves and wildfires are a growing part of the problem.

Elena N. Naumova, Professor of Epidemiology and Data Science, Tufts University • conversation
June 29, 2022 ~7 min

Climate change is putting food safety at risk more often, and not just at picnics and parties

Climate change has a clear link to rising foodborne illnesses. Blackouts during heat waves and wildfires are a growing part of the problem.

Elena N. Naumova, Professor of Epidemiology and Data Science, Tufts University • conversation
June 29, 2022 ~7 min

COVID or Not, Sales of Peking Duck Continues

VOA Learning English • voa
May 19, 2022 ~3 min

Climate change: carbon labels and clever menu design can cut the impact of dining – new study

A traffic light labelling system and making sustainable dishes the default menu option boosted their popularity.

Rachel Pechey, Research Fellow in Behavioural Science, University of Oxford • conversation
May 11, 2022 ~6 min


Tomorrow's COVID safety guidelines will be different from today's – but that doesn't mean yesterday's were wrong

The constantly changing COVID-19 rules can be frustrating. But this pandemic is like no other public health crisis in history. It is better to think of the virus and US responses the way we think about hurricanes.

Michael Williams, Associate Professor of Surgery and Public Policy, University of Virginia • conversation
April 1, 2022 ~9 min

Offering more plant-based choices on menus can speed up diet change

In three different experiments, plant-based meal sales rose when there were more menu options.

Rachel Pechey, Research Fellow in Behavioural Science, University of Oxford • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~7 min

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