Food Science
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What is gluten and how does it make baked goods more delicious?
Without it, baked goods would not rise into the fluffy and delicious dishes we love.
Kristine Nolin, The Conversation
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Explained: The careful chemistry behind that perfect scoop of smooth, textured ice-cream
It takes a careful interplay of chemistry and three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas – and not simply freezing cream.
Nathan Kilah, The Conversation
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Italy want to ban lab-grown meat. Here’s why it’s a bad idea
Stopping the production of lab-grown food will be bad news for the environment.
Silvia Malagoli, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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Food sequencing: Can eating a salad before carbs help your glucose levels?
It turns out, yes, partially.
Leonie Heilbronn, The Conversation
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Apples weren’t always big, juicy and sweet. A long history of migration made them so
Research shows cultivated apples are 3.6 times heavier and 43% less acidic than their wild counterparts.
Tommy Davies, The Conversation
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Explained: How sugar differs from other natural and artificial sweeteners
While a dessert may be a simple pleasure for many, the chemistry of how your taste buds perceive sweetness is not so simple.
Kristine Nolin, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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We’ve developed a probiotic for chickens that could be a game changer for humans as well
Health-promoting bacteria can help in reducing antibiotic-resistant bacteria that kill lakhs of people every year.
Deon Neveling, The Conversation
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Your dietary choices can lengthen or shorten your life
A new study explains how.
Olivier Jolliet, The Conversation & Katerina S Stylianou, The Conversation
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Can Covid-19 really be beaten with a plant-based diet?
Despite a recent study published in ‘BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health’, scientists say they don’t have enough quality data to draw firm conclusions.
Duane Mellor, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Singapore’s approval for lab-grown chicken is a watershed moment for the future of meat
Unlike existing products, which imitate meat with plant-based ingredients, cultured meat will provide us a new way to make the real thing.
Chris Bryant, The Conversation
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Lab-grown meat can help combat the climate crisis. It can also deepen inequalities
The technology must be developed in tandem with traditional knowledge systems.
Sarah Duignan, The Conversation
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How forensic science has helped rediscover forgotten apples
The UK is home to more than 3,600 apple varieties – but they can’t be told apart by look or taste alone.
Danny Thorogood, The Conversation
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time