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Have a taste of our favorite food stories from 2025

Whether you’re human or Neandertal, science cooked up some interesting culinary coverage

A glass jar of thick milk shown from above, with four reddish-brown ants floating near the surface.

Adding four ants to a jar of warmed cow’s milk is a traditional method of making yogurt once popular in Bulgaria and Turkey. Bacteria living on ants, as well as the ants themselves, acidify and thicken the milk into a tangy treat.

David Zilber

By Carly Kay

With concoctions including space miso and ant yogurt, science blurred the lines between lab and kitchen in 2025.