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When did we become addicted to salt?
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When did we become addicted to salt?

Children who are fed foods such as bread and cereals during breakfast like a meal that tastes better than those who don't.

December 18, 2018
Diets change the demand for freshwater in Asia
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Diets change the demand for freshwater in Asia

Scientists say switching to a high-protein, Western-like diet of Asians may lead to frequent food shortages for the region that is suffering from this fresh water pressu…

December 18, 2018
What do ice men eat before they die?
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What do ice men eat before they die?

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the 5300-year-old ice cream person had a full meal about an hour before he died.

December 18, 2018
Crustaceans start eating synthetic resin
Oceanography

Crustaceans start eating synthetic resin

At our dining table, sooner or later there will be seafood stuffed with toxic plastic micro-molecules. The diet of marine life has changed.

December 17, 2018
Use wine barrels as a Renaissance toilet
Archeology

Use wine barrels as a Renaissance toilet

About more than 300 years ago (stage 1680), after drinking the last drops of two giant wine jars, someone came up with a creative idea to re-use them appropriately.

December 17, 2018