"Appalling and so sad." Resident sparks debate after sharing gut-wrenching photos outside grocery store: 'This is heartbreaking' first appeared on The Cool Down.

As a food scientist, Reza Ovissipour knows that one industry’s waste can be another’s solution to feeding a growing population.

Explore the alarming discovery of microplastics in human brain tissue, their potential health impacts, and the urgent need ...

According to a new study from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences, the brain contains higher concentrations of ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

A recent study found the brain has significantly higher levels of microplastics than other organs. Here is what you should ...

In “How the World Eats,” the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with “everything that affects and is affected by” our comestibles.

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with ...

To make matters worse, the study also found up to 10 times the amount of microplastics in the brains of 12 dementia patients ...

They found that the concentrations of particles in kidney and liver samples were comparable, with an average of 433 ...