The types of foods we eat may be more important than the level of processing used to make them, a new study suggests, showing that eating mostly minimally processed foods, according to the NOVA classification system, does not automatically constitute a healthy diet. Comparing two menus reflecting the typical Western diet—one emphasizing minimally processed foods… Read More »
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are beneficial molecules created by bacteria living in our gut that are closely linked to improved host metabolism, lower systemic inflammation, better cardiovascular health, lower cancer risk, and more. However, SCFA profiles can vary greatly between individuals consuming the same diet, and we do not currently have the tools to estimate… Read More »
The chimpanzee was sick. There was diarrhea and tapeworms; It wasn’t an unusual situation for a wild chimpanzee in Uganda’s Budongo Forest. What intrigued the monitoring research team was what the monkey was doing about it. Shortly after the symptoms appeared, the man, along with two others, went to an area of the forest where… Read More »
A new study of more than 50,000 people highlights the suboptimal quality of the average U.S. diet. Results of the study, conducted by the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, show that more than 1 in 3 U.S. adults surveyed in 2020 had poor diet quality. Less… Read More »
A diet that promotes plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more humane argument: It can reduce your risk of dying from many major diseases. “This wasn’t just a cause of death. It was across the board,” said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public… Read More »
A fascinating new paper from scientists at the nonprofit AI research organization LAION finds that even the most complex large language models (LLMs) are often stumped by the same simple logic question. is as advanced as its creators often claim. The paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, refers to the prompt that baffled the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. You wouldn’t know it by looking at them, but some plants have much more DNA than others. And perhaps even more surprising, some have much more than most animals, including humans. Now scientists are uncovering… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. You wouldn’t know it by looking at them, but some plants have much more DNA than others. And perhaps even more surprising, some have much more than most animals, including humans. Now scientists are uncovering… Read More »
For more than a century, the Great Flood of 1862 ranked among California’s worst natural disasters; This megastorm was used as a reference point for state emergency planners and officials to better prepare for the future. Some experts say a horrific repeat of the flood that killed at least 4,000 people and turned the Central… Read More »