Nutrition

  1. Science & Society

    The science of CBD lags behind its marketing

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the lack of scientific research on CBD.

    By Nancy Shute
  2. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, people thought MSG caused ‘Chinese restaurant syndrome’

    In the 1960s, people blamed monosodium glutamate in Chinese food for making them sick, but the claim hasn't stood up to time or science.

    By Allie Wilkinson
  3. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin D supplements aren’t living up to their hype

    Once seen as a supplement with a long list of benefits, vitamin D’s glow may be dimming.

    By Laura Beil
  4. Anthropology

    This scientist watches meat rot to decipher the Neandertal diet

    This scientist is studying how meat changes as it rots to figure out what Neandertals might have eaten.