The complex history of ‘happiness’ reveals that it is an unstable concept with political undertones

Over the course of history, happiness has been used to justify inhumane institutions like slavery.

Rob Boddice, Aeon

· Jan 21, 2020 · 11:30 pm

China needs to go easy on salt to avoid worsening a health crisis

A Chinese adult’s average salt intake is more than twice the maximum recommendation set by the WHO.

Monique Tan, The Conversation

· Jul 21, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Nutrient-packed fruits and vegetables native to India have all but disappeared from our food basket

How do we bring plants like kamranga, ambadi or kachnar in vogue?

Sanjiv Phansalkar

· Sep 10, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Making a meal out of it: Brexit may change cost and composition of the typical English breakfast

Much of what goes in Britain’s most important meal of the day comes from outside the country.

Hana Trollman, The Conversation

· Jun 03, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Indra Nooyi’s remarks on female-friendly chips spark an intense Twitter debate on women and food

Was the Pepsico CEO perpetrating a stereotype – or merely acknowledging it?

Scroll Staff

· Feb 06, 2018 · 02:40 pm

With wonky vegetables and beer made from surplus bread, companies are trying to prevent food wastage

Each year, millions of tons of food and drinks destined for supermarkets are thrown away in Britain. A new crop of social enterprises is trying to prevent that.

Anna Pujol-Mazzini

· Nov 21, 2017 · 11:30 pm

‘Fat taxes’ on sugary beverages may be a quick fix but won’t halt obesity in the long run

While soda consumption has slumped in the developed West, markets are growing rapidly in Asia.

Asit K Biswas, Kris Hartley, The Conversation

· Oct 21, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Why ‘know thyself’ is not just silly but also dangerous advice

There’s one big problem: people change

Bence Nanay

· Oct 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm

How the curry came to London (and why after the UK election, it may never taste the same again)

By the 19th century, Victorian cookbooks were trying to assimilate the curry into British palates.

Arup K Chatterjee

· Jun 08, 2017 · 11:30 am

Watch: Why did Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hold a bring-your-own-food cabinet meeting?

If the UP CM has his animals, the MP CM has lunch to create a photo-op with.

Scroll Staff

· May 04, 2017 · 10:00 am

‘I’m blind and this is how I cook’: Watch MasterChef winner Christine Ha at her best

“Most of my cooking is done with my other senses.”

Scroll Staff

· Jan 10, 2017 · 10:00 am

Are extreme physical challenges like climbing Mount Everest tougher on vegans?

Questions were raised about the suitability of plant-based diets for high-altitude climbers after the death of a vegan mountaineer in May.

Anusha Subramanian

· Jul 06, 2016 · 02:30 pm