Food Archives - CSIROscope

Health

Clean eating: how to spot a fad diet

Our obsession with documenting our pre-masticated pears may inspire some to get creative in the kitchen but unfortunately, it’s also leading others down a destructive path. We've got four tips for sorting the fab diets from the fad diets.

Top four food trends you’ll soon see on supermarket shelves

Some food trends come and go (we’re looking at you salted caramel) but some are much more long-term because they’re based on science.

How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet

If humans are to live on Mars they will need a stable supply of food. Earth plants are not suited to the Mars climate but we can engineer plants that are.

Sorry, baristas: instant coffee has the smallest carbon footprint (but don’t overfill the kettle)

How you prepare your coffee at home (and wash up the mugs) can have a big impact on its carbon footprint. So fill that kettle carefully, and only brew what you know you'll drink.

Broccoli: better latte than never

You’ve seen the turmeric latte and the latte served in an avocado but could the broccoli latte be the next coffee trend?

Health

New calculator helps you personalise your protein needs to support weight loss

Trying to lose weight to improve your health? You might not be eating the right types or amount of protein.

Health

Food safety: are the sniff test, the five-second rule and rare burgers safe?

The "sniff test" doesn't work every time, and other food safety tips.

Health

Of mushrooms and men – why men are eating more veggies

Our new VegEze app for iOS has been out for a months now and the results are in: apps can help you make friends with salad!

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Space

Paulo de Souza’s science at the pub: Vanishing bees and Mars’ damp, dark past

Catch Professor de Souza’s talk at the pub, from micro-sensors hitched to honeybees to water-detecting gear on Mars rover Opportunity—it'll be a night to remember.

How green is your bread?

Have you ever stopped to consider the environmental impact of everyday items like a loaf of bread?

Environment

Devourer of worlds: two of the worst pests have hybridised into a global ‘mega-pest’

The remarkably flexible cotton bollworm has overcome most insecticides and devoured global crop staples, and has now landed on the previously untarnished New World, there, with hybridisation now possible—it's a race against time for researchers to map its genome and find the genetic flaws to put a halt on its calamitous appetite.

Health

Damn that’s delicious: low-carb cook ups

More recipes, more exercises, updated science and flexible food options – our Low-carb Every Day book is bigger and better than ever.

Food